neim
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *neman, degeminated from Proto-Indo-European *nem-mn̥, from *nem- (“to distribute, give”) + *-mn̥ (verbal noun suffix).[1] For the semantic relationship, compare German Gift (“poison, toxin”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
neim n or f (genitive neime, nominative plural neimi) (originally neuter)[3]
Inflection edit
This term declines as a neuter n-stem in the singular and an i-stem in the plural.
| Neuter n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | neimN | neimN | neimiH |
| Vocative | neimN | neimN | neimiH |
| Accusative | neimN | neimN | neimiH |
| Genitive | neime | neimeN | neimeN |
| Dative | neimimL | neimib | neimib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Byrd, Andrew Miles (2006) “Return to Dative Anmaimm”, in Ériu, volume 56, page 152
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nemo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “neim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language