ruiri

Old Irish

Etymology

A compound involving rí (“king”).

Noun

ruiri m (genitive ruirech, nominative plural ruirig)

  1. king

Inflection

Masculine g-stem
singular dual plural
nominative ruiri ruirigL ruirig
vocative ruiri ruirigL ruirecha
accusative ruirigN ruirigL ruirecha
genitive ruirech ruirech ruirechN
dative ruirigL ruirechaib ruirechaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of ruiri
radical lenition nasalization
ruiri
also rruiri in h-prothesis environments		 ruiri
pronounced with /ɾ-/		 ruiri
also rruiri

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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