comrorcun

Old Irish

Etymology

From com- +‎ ar- +‎ orcun.

Noun

comrorcun f (genitive comrorcne, nominative plural comroircnea)

1. error, mistake

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	comrorcunL	comrorcuinL, comrorcain	comroircneaH
vocative	comrorcunL	comrorcuinL, comrorcain	comroircneaH
accusative	comrorcuinN, comrorcain	comrorcuinL, comrorcain	comroircneaH
genitive	comroircneH	comrorcunL	comrorcunN
dative	comrorcuinL, comrorcain	comroircnib	comroircnib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Derived terms

• comroircnech

Descendants

• Middle Irish: comrarcu

Mutation

Mutation of comrorcun

radical	lenition	nasalization
comrorcun	chomrorcun	comrorcun pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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), “comrorcun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language