álaind
Old Irish
editEtymology
editMaybe composed of ad- (“to, towards”) and lainn (“keen, bright”).[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editálaind (equative áillither, comparative áildiu, áilliu, superlative áildem)
Declension
edit| i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | álaind | álaind | álaind |
| Vocative | álaind | ||
| Accusative | álaind | álaind | |
| Genitive | álaind | áilde | álaind |
| Dative | álaind | álaind | álaind |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | áildi | áildi | |
| Vocative | áildi | ||
| Accusative | áildi | ||
| Genitive | álaind* áilde | ||
| Dative | áildib | ||
| Notes | *not when substantivized | ||
Descendants
editMutation
edit| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| álaind (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-álaind |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959) “álind”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume A, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page A-61
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “álaind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language