étan
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *antonos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“forehead”).[1] Related to Latin antiae (“forelocks”). Compare Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”) and *umbi (“around”).
Noun edit
étan m
Inflection edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | étan | étanL | étainL |
Vocative | étain | étanL | étanuH |
Accusative | étanN | étanL | étanuH |
Genitive | étainL | étan | étanN |
Dative | étanL | étanaib | étanaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
étan | unchanged | n-étan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*antono-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 39