sercaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• sercid

Etymology

From serc (“love”) +‎ -id.

Noun

sercaid m

1. a lover

Inflection

Masculine i-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sercaid	sercaidL	sercaidiH
vocative	sercaid	sercaidL	sercaidiH
accusative	sercaidN	sercaidL	sercaidiH
genitive	sercadoH, sercadaH	sercadoH, sercadaH	sercaideN
dative	sercaidL	sercaidib	sercaidib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Mutation

Mutation of sercaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
sercaid	ṡercaid	sercaid

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

References

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