orcaid

== Old Irish == === Alternative forms === orgaid, orggaid === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *orgeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erg- (“perish”). Cognate with Hittite 𒄯𒀝𒍣 (ḫar-ak-zi /⁠ḫarkzi⁠/). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoɾ.ɡəðʲ/ (Blasse) [ˈoɾ.ɡɪðʲ] (Griffith) [ˈoɾ.ɡɨðʲ] === Verb === orcaid (conjunct ·oirc or ·oirg, verbal noun orcun) to kill, slay Synonym: marbaid For quotations using this term, see Citations:orcaid. ==== Inflection ==== This verb augments to form perfect forms with the usual prefix ro-. However, virtually all its compounds use com- instead for this purpose. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: oirgid, airgid Irish: arg === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “orcaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, page 466; reprinted 2017 Pedersen, Holger (1913), Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 791, pages 587–588