arsaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • arsid

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸarstātis, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, formerly”) + *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈar͈siðʲ/

Noun

arsaid m

  1. old, ancient

Inflection

i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative arsaid arsaid arsaid
vocative arsaid
accusative arsaid arsaid
genitive arsaid arsaide arsaid
dative arsaid arsaid arsaid
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative arsaidi arsaidi
vocative arsaidi
accusative arsaidi
genitive arsaid*
arsaide
dative arsaidib

*not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: ársa
  • Scottish Gaelic: àrsaidh

Mutation

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

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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