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raithnech

raithnech

Old Irish

Noun

raithnech f ‎(genitive raithnige, no plural)

fern, bracken

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: raithneach
Manx: rhennagh
Scottish Gaelic: raineach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
raithnech also rraithnech after a proclitic	raithnech pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/	raithnech also rraithnech after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“raithnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.