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Where does “-ad” come from?

-ad (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

-ad (Old Irish): suffix forming verbal nouns; suffix forming the...

Definitions

  1. suffix forming verbal nouns; suffix forming the...

Ancestry of “-ad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic-tusForms action nouns from verb stems
2Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “-ad”

  • keening
  • canadh
  • imghearradh
  • gearradh
  • altadh
  • athphósadh
  • athrú
  • lasadh
  • teibiú
  • pianadh
  • glantach
  • féinghlantach
  • mí-ordú
  • inleadh
  • úrú
  • láithreánú
  • bogadh
  • néarúlú
  • cas
  • alta
  • lártheifneoiriú
  • meánghearradh
  • castóir
  • cleachtadh
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