rogeinn

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ro- +‎ Proto-Celtic *gandeti. Related to Welsh genni of similar meaning.[1]

Verb[edit]

ro·geinn (prototonic ·rogainn)

  1. to find a place
  2. to be contained

Inflection[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ro·geinn ro·geinn
pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/
ro·ngeinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gan-d-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 150

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