-rad

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-. Cognate with Welsh -red.

Suffix

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-rad f

  1. Forms collective nouns from nouns or adjectives.
    marc (horse)marcrad (cavalry)
    glas (green)glasrad (greenery)

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -radL -raidL -radaH
Vocative -radL -raidL -radaH
Accusative -raidN -raidL -radaH
Genitive -raideH -radL -radN
Dative -raidL -radaib -radaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: -ra
  • Manx: -rey
  • Scottish Gaelic: -radh

References

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