túaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • thúaid
  • túaith

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *towto- (north, left)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tuːa̯ðʲ]

Adverb

túaid

  1. north, in the north

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: thuaidh
  • Manx: twoaie
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuath

Mutation

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

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1079-1080”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1079-1080

Further reading

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