Arcaibh
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally a dative plural; probably via Pictish from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“piglet”), from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. Compare Latin Orcades (the oldest attested name).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Arcaibh
- Orkney (an archipelago in Scotland)
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Arcaibh | n-Arcaibh | h-Arcaibh | t-Arcaibh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms borrowed from Pictish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Pictish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic proper nouns
- gd:Islands
- gd:Places in Scotland