námae
See also: namae
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *nāmants, traditionally said to be from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *h₂em- (“love”) (compare Latin amō), but as that verb root is not otherwise attested in Celtic, this may be a folk etymology.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
námae m (genitive námat, nominative plural námait)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:námae.
Declension edit
| Masculine nt-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | námae | námaitL | námait |
| Vocative | námae | námaitL | náimtea |
| Accusative | námaitN | námaitL | náimtea |
| Genitive | námat | námatL | námatN |
| Dative | námaitL | náimtib | náimtib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| námae also nnámae after a proclitic |
námae pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “náma(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language