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cairnech

cairnech

Old Irish

Adjective

cairnech

tonsured

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Irish: coirneach
Scottish Gaelic: càirneach

Etymology 2

From corann +‎ -ach.

Noun

cairnech m

cleric, priest

Inflection

Masculine o-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: coirneach
Scottish Gaelic: càirneach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cairnech	chairnech	cairnech pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“cairnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.