fer

head

fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

fir (genitive)
fir (nominative plural)
fer (masculine nominative singular stem)
fer (dual masculine nominative stem)
fir (masculine nominative plural stem)
fir (masculine singular stem vocative)
fer (dual masculine stem vocative)
firu (masculine plural stem vocative)
fer (accusative masculine singular stem)
fer (accusative dual masculine stem)
firu (accusative masculine plural stem)
fir (genitive masculine singular stem)
fer (dual genitive masculine stem)
fer (genitive masculine plural stem)
fiur (dative masculine singular stem)
feraib (dative dual masculine stem)
feraib (dative masculine plural stem)

desctree

Middle Irish: fer
Irish: fear
Manx: fer
Scottish Gaelic: fear

From Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá) and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair).

Is bés trá dosom aní-siu cosc inna mban i tossug et a tabairt fo chumacte a feir, armbat irlamu de ind ḟir fo chumacte Dǽi, co·mbí íarum coscitir ind ḟir et do·airbertar fo réir Dǽ.

This, then, is a custom of his, to correct the wives at first and to bring them under the power of their husbands, so that the husbands may be the readier under God’s power, so that afterwards the husbands are corrected and bowed down in subjection to God.


nia

head

nïa m (genitive nïad or nïeth, nominative plural nïaid)

nïa (canonical masculine)
nïad (genitive)
nïeth (genitive)
nïaid (nominative plural)
nia (nominative singular)
nïaid (dual nominative)
nia (dual nominative)
nïaid (nominative plural)
nia (singular vocative)
nïaid (dual vocative)
nia (dual vocative)
nïada (plural vocative)
nïaid (accusative singular)
nïaid (accusative dual)
nia (accusative dual)
nïada (accusative plural)
nïad (genitive singular)
nïeth (genitive singular)
nïad (dual genitive)
nïeth (dual genitive)
nïad (genitive plural)
nïaid (dative singular)
nïadaib (dative dual)
nïadaib (dative plural)
nïa (mutation mutation-radical)
also nnïa after a proclitic (mutation mutation-radical)
nïa (mutation mutation-nasal)

Irish: nia

Manx: neear

From Primitive Irish ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *neɸūss (compare Welsh nai), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (nápāt), Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (n-p-a /napā/), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós), Latin nepos, and Old English nefa.


céile

head

céile m (genitive céili, nominative plural céili)

céili (genitive)
céili (nominative plural)
céile (nominative singular)
céile (dual nominative)
céili (nominative plural)
céili (singular vocative)
céile (dual vocative)
céiliu (plural vocative)
céile (accusative singular)
céile (accusative dual)
céiliu (accusative plural)
céili (genitive singular)
céile (dual genitive)
céile (genitive plural)
céiliu (dative singular)
céilib (dative dual)
céilib (dative plural)
céile (mutation mutation-radical)
chéile (mutation mutation-nasal)
céile (mutation)

Irish: céile

Manx: keilley

Scottish Gaelic: cèile

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚓᚂᚔ (celi, “follower, devotee”, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kēlyos.

inh

(law) liege, vassal, the recipient of a fief

Ba torad sa⟨í⟩thir dúun in chrud so ce du·melmis cech túari et ce du·gnemmis a ndu·gníat ar céli, act ní bad nertad na mbráithre et frescsiu fochricce as móo.

It would be a fruit of labor for us in this way if we consumed every food and if we did what our fellows do, but it would not be a strengthening of the brothers and a hope of a greater reward.

huadsom dia cheliu


aite

head

aite m (genitive aiti, nominative plural aiti)

aiti (genitive)
aiti (nominative plural)
aite (nominative singular)
aite (dual nominative)
aiti (nominative plural)
aiti (singular vocative)
aite (dual vocative)
aitiu (plural vocative)
aite (accusative singular)
aite (accusative dual)
aitiu (accusative plural)
aiti (genitive singular)
aite (dual genitive)
aite (genitive plural)
aitiu (dative singular)
aitib (dative dual)
aitib (dative plural)
aite (mutation mutation-radical)
n-aite (mutation)

Irish: oide

Manx: gedjey

Scottish Gaelic: oide

From Proto-Celtic *attyos, from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), ultimately a nursery word.

onomatopoeic

nursery word


ingen

ingine (genitive)
ingen (nominative singular)
ingin (dual nominative)
ingena (nominative plural)
ingen (singular vocative)
ingin (dual vocative)
ingena (plural vocative)
ingin (accusative singular)
ingin (accusative dual)
ingena (accusative plural)
ingine (genitive singular)
ingen (dual genitive)
ingen (genitive plural)
ingin (dative singular)
ingenaib (dative dual)
ingenaib (dative plural)

Middle Irish: ingen

desc

Irish: iníon, inghean (superseded); inghin, inín (Connacht); nighean, níon (Ulster), inín

Manx: inneen

Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean

⇒ Middle Irish: ingenach

⇒ Middle Irish: ingenas
Irish: iníonas

From Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *enigenā (literally “born within, indigenous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, beget”); compare Latin indigena (“native”) and Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”).


athair

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athair m (genitive athar, nominative plural aithir)

athar (genitive)
aithir (nominative plural)
athair (nominative singular)
athair (dual nominative)
aithir (nominative plural)
athair (singular vocative)
athair (dual vocative)
aithrea (plural vocative)
athair (accusative singular)
athair (accusative dual)
aithrea (accusative plural)
athar (genitive singular)
athar (dual genitive)
aithre (genitive plural)
athrae (genitive plural)
athair (dative singular)
aithrib (dative dual)
athraib (dative dual)
aithrib (dative plural)
athraib (dative plural)
athair (mutation mutation-radical)
n-athair (mutation)

Irish: athair

Manx: ayr
→ English: ayr

Scottish Gaelic: athair

From Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Ní du ṡémigud pectha at·ber-som inso .i. combad dó fa·cherred: “ní sní cetid·deirgni ⁊ ní sní dud·rigni nammá”; acht is do chuingid dílguda dosom, amal du·rolged dïa aithrib íar n-immarmus.

It is not to palliate sin that he says this, i.e. so that he might put it for this: “we have not done it first and we have not done it only”; but it is to seek forgiveness for himself, as his fathers had been forgiven after sinning.
(literally, “…as had been forgiven to his fathers”)


máthir

máthir f (genitive máthar, nominative plural máithir)

máthar (genitive)
máithir (nominative plural)
máthir (nominative singular)
máthair (nominative singular)
máthir (dual nominative)
máthair (dual nominative)
máithir (nominative plural)
máthir (singular vocative)
máthair (singular vocative)
máthir (dual vocative)
máthair (dual vocative)
máithrea (plural vocative)
máthir (accusative singular)
máthair (accusative singular)
máthir (accusative dual)
máthair (accusative dual)
máithrea (accusative plural)
máthar (genitive singular)
máthar (dual genitive)
máithre (genitive plural)
máthir (dative singular)
máthair (dative singular)
máithrib (dative dual)
máithrib (dative plural)
máthir (mutation mutation-radical)
also mmáthir after a proclitic (mutation mutation-radical)
máthir (mutation mutation-nasal)

Irish: máthair

Manx: moir

Scottish Gaelic: màthair

From Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.


derbráthair

derbráthair (nominative singular)
derbráthair (dual nominative)
derbráithir (nominative plural)
derbráthair (singular vocative)
derbráthair (dual vocative)
derbráithrea (plural vocative)
derbráthair (accusative singular)
derbráthair (accusative dual)
derbráithrea (accusative plural)
derbráthar (genitive singular)
derbráthar (dual genitive)
derbráthar (genitive plural)
derbráithre (genitive plural)
derbráthair (dative singular)
derbráithrib (dative dual)
derbráithrib (dative plural)

Middle Irish: derbráthair

Irish: deartháir

Manx: jarroo-vraar

(rare until Middle Irish) brother (by blood)


bráthair

bráthair m (genitive bráthar, nominative plural bráithir)

bráthar (genitive)
bráithir (nominative plural)
bráthair (nominative singular)
bráthair (dual nominative)
bráithir (nominative plural)
bráthair (singular vocative)
bráthair (dual vocative)
bráithrea (plural vocative)
bráthair (accusative singular)
bráthair (accusative dual)
bráithrea (accusative plural)
bráthar (genitive singular)
bráthar (dual genitive)
bráthar (genitive plural)
bráthre (genitive plural)
bráithre (genitive plural)
bráthair (dative singular)
bráithrib (dative dual)
bráithrib (dative plural)
bráthair (mutation mutation-radical)
bráthair (mutation mutation-nasal)
mbráthair (mutation)

Irish: bráthair

Manx: braar

Scottish Gaelic: bràthair

⇒ Middle Irish: bráithremail

From Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Do·beir-som ainm bráthre doib, arná·epret is ara miscuis in cúrsachad, act is ara seircc.

He calls them brothers, lest they should say the reprimand is because of hatred for them, but it is because of love for them.

ɔrabad cech bráthair post alium .i. is huisse ce ru·samaltar fri Críst

so that each brother should be after the other, i.e. it is right that he be compared to Christ


macc

macc m (genitive maicc or meicc, nominative plural maicc or meicc)

maicc (genitive)
meicc (genitive)
maicc (nominative plural)
meicc (nominative plural)
macc (masculine nominative singular stem)
mac (masculine nominative singular stem)
macc (dual masculine nominative stem)
mac (dual masculine nominative stem)
maic (masculine nominative plural stem)
maicc (masculine nominative plural stem)
meic (masculine nominative plural stem)
meicc (masculine nominative plural stem)
maic (masculine singular stem vocative)
maicc (masculine singular stem vocative)
meic (masculine singular stem vocative)
meicc (masculine singular stem vocative)
macc (dual masculine stem vocative)
mac (dual masculine stem vocative)
maccu (masculine plural stem vocative)
macc (accusative masculine singular stem)
mac (accusative masculine singular stem)
macc (accusative dual masculine stem)
mac (accusative dual masculine stem)
maccu (accusative masculine plural stem)
maic (genitive masculine singular stem)
maicc (genitive masculine singular stem)
meic (genitive masculine singular stem)
meicc (genitive masculine singular stem)
macc (dual genitive masculine stem)
mac (dual genitive masculine stem)
macc (genitive masculine plural stem)
mac (genitive masculine plural stem)
macc (dative masculine singular stem)
mac (dative masculine singular stem)
maccaib (dative dual masculine stem)
maccaib (dative masculine plural stem)
macc (mutation mutation-radical)
also mmacc after a proclitic (mutation mutation-radical)
macc (mutation mutation-nasal)

desctree

Middle Irish: mac
Irish: mac
Manx: mac
Scottish Gaelic: mac

From Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”) (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to raise, increase”) (compare Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”), Latin macer (“thin”).

inh

Hóre ammi maicc laí et soilse, ná seichem nahísiu.

Since we are children of day and light, let us not follow these things.

Fomnid-si, a phopul núíednissi, ar ce dud·rónath ní di maith fri maccu Israhél…

Take heed, O people of the New Testament, for although some good has been done to the children of Israel…

Ní derlaicht⟨h⟩a a pecdæ doïb acht du·ratad dígal forru. Cenotad maic-si raith dano, má im·roimsid ní dílgibther dúib.

Their sins have not been forgiven them, but punishment has been inflicted upon them. Though you pl, then, are children of grace, if you sin, you will not be forgiven.

in tan as·mbeir, “Taít, á maccu”


siur

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siur f (genitive sethar, nominative plural sethir)

sethar (genitive)
sethir (nominative plural)
siur (nominative singular)
siair (dual nominative)
sieir (dual nominative)
sethir (nominative plural)
siur (singular vocative)
siair (dual vocative)
sieir (dual vocative)
sethra (plural vocative)
siair (accusative singular)
sieir (accusative singular)
siair (accusative dual)
sieir (accusative dual)
sethra (accusative plural)
sethar (genitive singular)
sethar (dual genitive)
sethar (genitive plural)
siair (dative singular)
sieir (dative singular)
sethraib (dative dual)
sethraib (dative plural)
siur (mutation mutation-radical)
phiur (mutation mutation-nasal)
fiur (mutation mutation-nasal)

Irish: siúr

Manx: shuyr

q

⇒ Scottish Gaelic: piuthar (back-formed from lenited form fiur, phiur)

From Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.


slicht

slicht (nominative singular)
slicht (dual nominative)
slechtae (nominative plural)
slicht (singular vocative)
slicht (dual vocative)
slechtu (plural vocative)
slicht (accusative singular)
slicht (accusative dual)
slechtu (accusative plural)
slechto (genitive singular)
slechta (genitive singular)
slechto (dual genitive)
slechta (dual genitive)
slechtae (genitive plural)
slicht (dative singular)
slechtaib (dative dual)
slechtaib (dative plural)
slicht (mutation mutation-radical)
ṡlicht (mutation mutation-nasal)

Irish: sliocht

Manx: sluight

Scottish Gaelic: sliochd

From Proto-Celtic *slixtus (“track, section”).


muinter

muinter (nominative singular)
muintir (dual nominative)
muintera (nominative plural)
muinter (singular vocative)
muintir (dual vocative)
muintera (plural vocative)
muintir (accusative singular)
muintir (accusative dual)
muintera (accusative plural)
muintire (genitive singular)
muinter (dual genitive)
muinter (genitive plural)
muintir (dative singular)
muinteraib (dative dual)
muinteraib (dative plural)
muinter (mutation mutation-radical)
also mmuinter after a proclitic (mutation mutation-radical)
muinter (mutation mutation-nasal)

Irish: muintir

Manx: mooinjer

Scottish Gaelic: muinntir

From Proto-Celtic *moniterā, from *monis (“protection, patronage”). Alternatively a loanword from Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “community of monks”), but both the semantic change and the loss of s are difficult to explain under that hypothesis.

der

family or household (including servants)


cland

head

cland f (genitive clainde, nominative plural clanda)

clainde (genitive)
clanda (nominative plural)
cland (nominative singular)
claind (dual nominative)
clanda (nominative plural)
cland (singular vocative)
claind (dual vocative)
clanda (plural vocative)
claind (accusative singular)
claind (accusative dual)
clanda (accusative plural)
clainde (genitive singular)
cland (dual genitive)
cland (genitive plural)
claind (dative singular)
clandaib (dative dual)
clandaib (dative plural)
cland (mutation mutation-radical)
chland (mutation mutation-nasal)
cland (mutation)

desctree

Middle Irish: clann
Irish: clann
Manx: cloan
Scottish Gaelic: clann
→ English: clan (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed from Old Welsh plant (with phonemic substitution of /p/ with /k/ as the former was not a phoneme of Primitive Irish), from Latin planta.


muimme

muimme (nominative singular)
muimmi (dual nominative)
muimmi (nominative plural)
muimme (singular vocative)
muimmi (dual vocative)
muimmi (plural vocative)
muimmi (accusative singular)
muimmi (accusative dual)
muimmi (accusative plural)
muimme (genitive singular)
muimme (dual genitive)
muimme (genitive plural)
muimmi (dative singular)
muimmib (dative dual)
muimmib (dative plural)
muimme (mutation mutation-radical)
also mmuimme after a proclitic (mutation mutation-radical)
muimme (mutation mutation-nasal)

Irish: muime, buime

Manx: mimmey

Scottish Gaelic: muime

From Proto-Celtic *mammā (“mom, nanny”).


amnair

Irish: amhnair, omhnair (obsolete)

amnair (mutation mutation-radical)
n-amnair (mutation)

From Proto-Celtic *awontīr (compare Welsh ewythr, Breton eontr, Cornish ewnter), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂ō (“(maternal) grandfather/uncle”) (compare Middle Irish ó, Latin avus (“grandfather”), dialectal German Awwe (“grandfather”), Ohm (“uncle”)).

der

amnair bráthair máthar glosses auunculus


sinserbráthair

sinserbráthair (nominative singular)
sinserbráithir (dual nominative)
sinserbráithir (nominative plural)
sinserbráthair (singular vocative)
sinserbráithir (dual vocative)
sinserbráithrea (plural vocative)
sinserbráthra (plural vocative)
sinserbráthair (accusative singular)
sinserbráithir (accusative dual)
sinserbráithrea (accusative plural)
sinserbráthra (accusative plural)
sinserbráthar (genitive singular)
sinserbráthar (dual genitive)
sinserbráithre (genitive plural)
sinserbráthrae (genitive plural)
sinserbráthair (dative singular)
sinserbráithrib (dative dual)
sinserbráithrib (dative plural)


sinsersiur

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sinserṡiur f (genitive sinserṡethar, nominative plural sinserṡethir)

sinserṡiur (canonical feminine)
sinserṡethar (genitive)
sinserṡethir (nominative plural)
sinserṡiur (nominative singular)
sinserṡiair (dual nominative)
sinserṡieir (dual nominative)
sinserṡethir (nominative plural)
sinserṡiur (singular vocative)
sinserṡiair (dual vocative)
sinserṡieir (dual vocative)
sinserṡethra (plural vocative)
sinserṡiair (accusative singular)
sinserṡieir (accusative singular)
sinserṡiair (accusative dual)
sinserṡieir (accusative dual)
sinserṡethra (accusative plural)
sinserṡethar (genitive singular)
sinserṡethar (dual genitive)
sinserṡethar (genitive plural)
sinserṡiair (dative singular)
sinserṡieir (dative singular)
sinserṡethraib (dative dual)
sinserṡethraib (dative plural)
sinserṡiur (mutation mutation-radical)
ṡinserṡiur (mutation mutation-nasal)

“Erchoitmed ingine gulidi inso”, § 7


derbfine

derbḟine (canonical feminine)
derbḟine (nominative singular)
derbḟini (dual nominative)
derbḟini (nominative plural)
derbḟine (singular vocative)
derbḟini (dual vocative)
derbḟini (plural vocative)
derbḟini (accusative singular)
derbḟini (accusative dual)
derbḟini (accusative plural)
derbḟine (genitive singular)
derbḟine (dual genitive)
derbḟine (genitive plural)
derbḟini (dative singular)
derbḟinib (dative dual)
derbḟinib (dative plural)
derbḟine (mutation mutation-radical)
derbḟine (mutation mutation-nasal)
nderbḟine (mutation)