ecnae
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From *exs- + Proto-Celtic *-gniyom. Effectively contains the prefix ess-.
Noun edit
ecnae n (genitive ecnai)
Inflection edit
| Neuter io-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ecnaeN | ecnaeL | ecnaeL |
| Vocative | ecnaeN | ecnaeL | ecnaeL |
| Accusative | ecnaeN | ecnaeL | ecnaeL |
| Genitive | ecnaiL | ecnaeL | ecnaeN |
| Dative | ecnuL | ecnaib | ecnaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ecnae | unchanged | n-ecnae |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ecna(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language