cerd

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (“craft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲerd̪/

Noun

cerd f

1. craft, skill
2. artisan, craftsman

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cerdL	ceirdL	cerdaH
vocative	cerdL	ceirdL	cerdaH
accusative	ceirdN	ceirdL	cerdaH
genitive	cerdaeH	cerdL	cerdN
dative	ceirdL	cerdaib	cerdaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• cerddchae
  • Irish: ceárta

Descendants

• Irish: ceird, ceard, ceardaí
• Manx: keird, keirdagh
• Scottish Gaelic: ceàird, ceàrd

Mutation

Mutation of cerd

radical	lenition	nasalization
cerd	cherd	cerd pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cerd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language