Old Irish edit

Noun edit

immáin f or m

  1. verbal noun of imm·aig
  2. act of driving (cattle, etc.)
  3. (sports) driving a ball, hurling, ball-playing
  4. wandering, roaming about
  5. a drove
  6. superiority, control

Inflection edit

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative immáinL immáinL immánaH
Vocative immáinL immáinL immánaH
Accusative immáinN immáinL immánaH
Genitive immáineH immáinL immáinN
Dative immáinL immánaib immánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

Mutation edit

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

References edit