ascae

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

Stifter (2013) derives this from a Proto-Celtic *adcomstāts, semantically justifying the coinage as originally referring to a person who stood alongside another "at (a matter)", hence being a rival over a subject.^[1] But this derivation would thus be at semantic odds with that of its close relative ad·cota (“to get”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /as.ke/

Noun edit

ascae m

rival

Inflection edit

Masculine d-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ascae	ascaid^L, ascae	ascaid
Vocative	ascae	ascaid^L, ascae	ascada
Accusative	ascaid^N	ascaid^L, ascae	ascada
Genitive	ascad	ascad	ascad^N
Dative	ascaid^L	ascadaib	ascadaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ascae	unchanged	n-ascae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

^ Stifter, David (2013) “The Accusative Plural of Early Irish Dental and Guttural Stems”, in Pamela O'Neill, editor, The Land Beneath the Sea: Essays in Honour of Anders Ahlqvist's Contribution to Celtic Studies in Australia (Sydney Series in Celtic Studies; 14), Sydney: University of Sydney, →ISBN, page 194