Old Irish

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Etymology

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From énirt (weak) (from ess- (non-) +‎ nert (strength)) + -e.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈeːnir͈(ʲ)t(ʲ)e]

Noun

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énirte f

  1. weakness
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4a27
      Is and didiu for·téit spiritus ar n-énirti-ni in tain bes n-inun accobor lenn .i. la corp et anim et la spirut.
      So it is then that the spirit helps our weakness when we have the same desire, i.e. body and soul and spirit.

Declension

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Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative énirteL
Vocative énirteL
Accusative énirtiN
Genitive énirte
Dative énirtiL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: éinirte

Mutation

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

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