margad

Estonian

Noun

margad

1. nominative plural of mark

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• marggad

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse markaðr, from Latin mercātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.ɡəð/
  • (Blasse) [ˈmaɾ.ɡað]
  • (Griffith) [ˈmaɾ.ɡəð]

Noun

margad m

1. market, marketplace

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	margad	margadL	margaidL
vocative	margaid	margadL	margaduH
accusative	margadN	margadL	margaduH
genitive	margaidL	margad	margadN
dative	margadL	margadaib	margadaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Irish: margadh
• Manx: margey
• Scottish Gaelic: margadh

Mutation

Mutation of margad

radical	lenition	nasalization
margad also mmargad in h-prothesis environments	margad pronounced with /β̃-/	margad also mmargad

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), “marg(g)ad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language