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-rad

-rad

See also: rad

Old Irish

Suffix

-rad f

  1. Forms collective nouns from nouns or adjectives.
    marc ‎(“horse”) → marcrad ‎(“cavalry”)
    glas ‎(“green”) → glasrad ‎(“greenery”)

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: -ra
  • Manx: -rey
  • Scottish Gaelic: -radh

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Irish_words_suffixed_with_-rad'>Old Irish words suffixed with -rad</a>

References

  • Rudolf Thurneysen, A Grammar of Old Irish (Dublin, 1946), §§263f

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