trógae

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *trougiyā (sorrow, sadness), from *trougos (sorry, sad). Cognate with Breton truez (pity).[1] Surface analysis trúag +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

trógae f

  1. misery

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative trógaeL trógaiL trógai
Vocative trógaeL trógaiL trógai
Accusative trógaiN trógaiL trógai
Genitive trógae trógaeL trógaeN
Dative trógaiL trógaib trógaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 40b8
    cach la céin aisndís dïa thrógai, in céin n-aili aisṅdís dind ḟortacht du·rat Día dó ⁊ indas dund·rét
    at the one time a statement of his misery, at another time a statement of the help that God has given him and how he has protected him

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: trúaige

Mutation

Mutation of trógae
radical lenition nasalization
trógae thrógae trógae
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*trowgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 390

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