cercdae

Old Irish

Etymology

From cerc (“hen”) +‎ -dae (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲerʲkðʲe/

Adjective

cercdae

  1. poultry, fowl (attributive)
    • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 58b2
      cercdae glosses gallīnācius

Declension

io/iā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cercdae cercdae cercdae
Vocative cercdai
Accusative cercdae cercdai
Genitive cercdai cercdae cercdai
Dative cercdu cercdai cercdu
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative cercdai cercdai
Vocative cercdai
cercdu*
Accusative cercdai
cercdu*
Genitive cercdae
Dative cercdaib
Notes * when substantivized

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cercdae chercdae cercdae
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “cercdae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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