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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *rādīti (compare Welsh (ad)rodd), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (to arrange) (compare Sanskrit राध्नोति (rādhnoti), राध्यति (rādhyati, to perform successfully), Old Church Slavonic радити (raditi, to take care of, work), Gothic 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rōdjan, to talk), Lithuanian rodýti (to show).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈr͈aːð(ʲ)iðʲ/

Verb

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ráidid

  1. to speak, to say, to tell

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Scottish Gaelic: ràdh
  • Irish:

Mutation

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Mutation of ráidid
radical lenition nasalization
ráidid
also rráidid after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
ráidid
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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

Further reading

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