ríagol

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Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin rēgula.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ríagol f

  1. rule
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
      Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
      Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.

Declension[edit]

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ríagolL ríagoilL ríaglaH
Vocative ríagolL ríagoilL ríaglaH
Accusative ríagoilN ríagoilL ríaglaH
Genitive *ríaglaeH ríagolL ríagolN
Dative ríagoilL ríaglaib ríaglaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: ríagal

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ríagol
also rríagol after a proclitic
ríagol
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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