ruiri

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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A compound involving (king).

Noun

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ruiri m (genitive ruirech, nominative plural ruirig)

  1. king

Inflection

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Masculine g-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ruiri ruirigL ruirig
Vocative ruiri ruirigL ruirecha
Accusative ruirigN ruirigL ruirecha
Genitive ruirech ruirech ruirechN
Dative ruirigL ruirechaib ruirechaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ruiri
also rruiri after a proclitic
ruiri
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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