airfitiud

Old Irish

Noun

airfitiud m (genitive unattested, nominative plural airfiti)

  1. (especially of minstrel-like entertainment) verbal noun of ar·peti: entertainment, delighting
    • c. 775, Táin Bó Fraích from the Book of Leinster, published in Táin bó Fraích (1974, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited by Wolfgang Meid, line 259
      Gabthus mesca[e] ⁊ arus·peittet céola ⁊ airfiti.
      Intoxication seizes them, music and entertainment perform for them.
  2. gratification, satisfaction

Inflection
Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative airfitiud airfitiudL airfitiH
Vocative airfitiud airfitiudL airfitiu
Accusative airfitiudN airfitiudL airfitiu
Genitive airfiteoH, airfiteaH airfiteoL, airfiteaL airfiteN
Dative airfitiudL airfitib airfitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: oirfideadh
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