adastor

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *adaxstrom.

Noun

adastor n

  1. halter

Inflection

Neuter gender is not given in DIL, but given its origin as an instrument noun, neuter gender in the Old Irish period is likely.

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative adastorN adastorN adastorL, adastra
vocative adastorN adastorN adastorL, adastra
accusative adastorN adastorN adastorL, adastra
genitive adastairL adastor adastorN
dative adastorL adastraib adastraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: adastar

Mutation

Mutation of adastor
radical lenition nasalization
adastor
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 adastor n-adastor

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

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