oirid

Middle Irish

Etymology

Perhaps a contamination of ailid (“to suit”) with foirid (“to help”).

Verb

oirid

  1. to suit, correspond to (often with do)

Mutation

Mutation of oirid
radical lenition nasalization
oirid
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-oirid

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

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