Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From com- (together) +‎ suidigud (putting, placing), a calque of Latin compositiō, itself a calque of Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoṽhuðʲiɣuð]

Noun edit

comṡuidigud m (genitive comṡuidigtheo)

  1. verbal noun of con·suidigedar
  2. (linguistics) compounding, composition (formation of compound words from separate words)
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 159a3
      Is airi ní táet comṡuidigud fri rangabáil, húare as coibnesta do bréthir: ar is lour comṡuidigud fri suidi, air bid comṡuidigud etarscartha comṡuidigud rangabálae.
      This is why composition does not occur with a participle, because it is akin to a verb: for composition with the latter is sufficient, for composition of a participle will be separated composition.

Declension edit

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative comsuidigud
Vocative comsuidigud
Accusative comsuidigudN
Genitive comṡuidigtheoH, comṡuidigtheaH
Dative comsuidigudL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: comhshuí

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
comṡuidigud chomṡuidigud comṡuidigud
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit