midchuairt

Old Irish

Etymology

mid (“mead”) +‎ cúairt (“circuit, circle, circling”)^[1]

Noun

midchuairt m or f (genitive midchuarta)

"mead-circuit", a banquet-hall

Inflection

Masculine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	midchuairt	midchuairt^L	midchuartai^H
vocative	midchuairt	midchuairt^L	midchuartai^H
accusative	midchuairt^N	midchuairt^L	midchuartai^H
genitive	midchuarto^H, midchuarta^H	midchuarto^H, midchuarta^H	midchuartae^N
dative	midchuairt^L	midchuartaib	midchuartaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Synonyms

tech midchuarta

References

^ Clodagh Downey (2010) “Dindṡenchas and the Tech Midchúarta”, in Ériu, volume 60, →JSTOR, pages 1–35