cruthaigidir

Old Irish

Etymology

From cruth + -igidir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkruθɨɣʲiðʲirʲ]

Verb

cruthaigidir

  1. to form
    • 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. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
      Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
      Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Irish: cruthaigh
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruthaich

Mutation

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

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