túaid

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Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

túaid

  1. north, in the north

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
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[edit]

  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

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