moirtchenn

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin morticinium.

Noun

moirtchenn n or m

  1. dead flesh
  2. sudden death, destruction

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
moirtchenn
also mmoirtchenn after a proclitic		 moirtchenn
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/		 moirtchenn
also mmoirtchenn after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “moirtchenn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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