cúrsachad
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- cúrsagad
Etymology
From cúrsaigid + -ad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuːrsaxað/
Noun
cúrsachad m (genitive cúrsactha or cuarsachada)
- verbal noun of cúrsaigid
- reprimand, correction, reproof
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d8
- Do·beir-som ainm bráthre doib, arná·epret is ara miscuis in cúrsachad, act is ara seircc.
- He calls them brothers, lest they should say the reprimand is because of hatred for them, but it is because of love for them.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d8
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cúrsachad | — | — |
| vocative | cúrsachad | — | — |
| accusative | cúrsachadN | — | — |
| genitive | cúrsacthaH, cuarsachadaH | — | — |
| dative | cúrsachadL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| cúrsachad | chúrsachad | cúrsachad pronounced with /ɡ-/ |
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), “cúrsachad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language