dartaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From the same root as dairt (“heifer”) and Middle Irish dairid (“to bull”), namely Proto-Celtic *daryeti (“to bull”). Contains the agent suffix -id.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdar͈tɨðʲ]

Noun

dartaid m (genitive dartada, nominative plural dartaidi)

calf (young cow or bull)
Synonym: lóeg

Inflection

Masculine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dartaid	dartaid^L	dartaidi^H
vocative	dartaid	dartaid^L	dartaidi^H
accusative	dartaid^N	dartaid^L	dartaidi^H
genitive	dartado^H, dartada^H	dartado^H, dartada^H	dartaide^N
dative	dartaid^L	dartaidib	dartaidib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of *dartaid*
radical	lenition	nasalization
dartaid	dartaid pronounced with /ð-/	ndartaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.