cairdine

Old Irish

Etymology

From the root of carae (“friend”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkarʲ.d̠ʲə.nʲe/
    • (Blasse) [ˈkarʲ.d̠ʲɪ.nʲe]
    • (Griffith) [ˈkarʲ.d̠ʲɨ.nʲe]

Noun

cairdine f

  1. covenant
    • 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. 91b12
      Trén ⁊ mór in chairdine do·rigni⟨s⟩ friu hi tossuch ⁊ cot⟨a⟩·ascrais íarum.
      Strong and great (was) the covenant you sg had made with them at first and you annulled it afterwards.

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cairdineL cairdiniL cairdini
vocative cairdineL cairdiniL cairdini
accusative cairdiniN cairdiniL cairdini
genitive cairdine cairdineL cairdineN
dative cairdiniL cairdinib cairdinib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: cairdine

Mutation

Mutation of cairdine
radical lenition nasalization
cairdine chairdine cairdine
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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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