arrae

Old Irish

FWOTD – 20 April 2023

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ar- + the root of renaid (“to exchange”).

Noun

arrae n

  1. payment, exchange, barter
  2. commutation of a penance
    • The Old Irish Table of Penitential Commutations, published in Ériu 19 (1962, Royal Irish Academy), pp. 47-72, edited and with translations by D. A. Binchy, §12
      Arrae throiscti hi mminpectu choitcend .i. "Ałł ałł manus tuas dne..." usque "...veritatis", Pr. Nr. co forcend. Canar in sin hi crosfigill fo trichait ⁊ trichait slechtan ⁊ trichae mbemmend du abuind inna degad dide.
      Commutation of a fast for ordinary minor sins: Alleluia, alleluia, in manus tuas Domine... as far as veritatis and a full Pater Noster. This is sung thirty times in cross-vigil, and [during the] thirty genuflexions and thirty blows with a scourge afterwards.

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative arraeN arraeL arraeL
vocative arraeN arraeL arraeL
accusative arraeN arraeL arraeL
genitive arraiL arraeL arraeN
dative arruL arraib arraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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

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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