airsa

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • aursa, airise

Noun

airsa f

  1. jamb, doorpost

Declension

Feminine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative airsa airsainL airsain
vocative airsa airsainL airsanaH
accusative airsainN airsainL airsanaH
genitive airsan airsanL airsanN
dative airsainL, airsaL airsanaib airsanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: airsa, aursa
  • Middle Irish: airsain, aursain (from the original accusative/dative)
    • Irish: ursain
    • Manx: essyn
    • Scottish Gaelic: ursainn
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: comarsa (“neighbor”, literally “one with a common doorpost”)

Mutation

Mutation of airsa
radical lenition nasalization
airsa
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 airsa n-airsa

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

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