nige
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *nigyā.
Noun edit
nige f
- verbal noun of nigid: washing
- "A Fragment of Old Irish", in Ériu volume 2 (1905, Royal Irish Academy), pages 221-226, edited and with translations by Osborn J. Bergin
- Etag berar do aes tuattu, cot·étet deman co·róenastar; ⁊ ní anaich a chrothad nach a flescad, acht a nige.
- A garment which is taken from the laity, a demon accompanies it till it has been washed; and it serves not to shake it or beat it, but to wash it.
- "A Fragment of Old Irish", in Ériu volume 2 (1905, Royal Irish Academy), pages 221-226, edited and with translations by Osborn J. Bergin
Usage notes edit
DIL erroneously identifies this term as appearing from Middle Irish onwards. It is in fact also found in Old Irish.
Inflection edit
| Feminine iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | nigeL | — | — |
| Vocative | nigeL | — | — |
| Accusative | nigiN | — | — |
| Genitive | nige | — | — |
| Dative | nigiL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| nige also nnige after a proclitic |
nige pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “nige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language