cenntar

Old Irish

Etymology

From cen (without, on this side of[1]) + -tar (noun-forming suffix), compare alltar, íarthar, úachtar.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲen͈tər]

Noun

cenntar ? (genitive cenntair, no plural)

  1. this world
    Antonym: alltar
  2. district

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cenntarN cenntarN cenntarL
Vocative cenntarN cenntarN cenntarL
Accusative cenntarN cenntarN cenntarL
Genitive cenntairL cenntar cenntarN
Dative cenntarL cenntaraib cenntaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • cenntarach

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: cenntar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cenntar chenntar cenntar
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 827, page 501
  2. Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 266, page 170

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