mrecht
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *mrixtos.
Adjective
mrecht
- variegated
- c. 700 Immram Brain, published in The Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the land of the living (1895, London: David Nutt), pp. 1-35, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer and Alfred Nutt, stanza 23
- i mruig mrecht
- in a variegated land
- c. 700 Immram Brain, published in The Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the land of the living (1895, London: David Nutt), pp. 1-35, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer and Alfred Nutt, stanza 23
Inflection
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mrecht | mrecht | mrecht |
| vocative | mricht* mrecht** | ||
| accusative | mrecht | mricht | |
| genitive | mricht | mrichte | mricht |
| dative | mrecht | mricht | mrecht |
| plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
| nominative | mricht | mrechta | |
| vocative | mrechtu mrechta† | ||
| accusative | mrechtu mrechta† | ||
| genitive | mrecht | ||
| dative | mrechtaib | ||
*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle Irish: brecht
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| mrecht also mmrecht in h-prothesis environments |
mrecht pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/ |
mrecht also mmrecht |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mrecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language