aicned

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *atignitom, from *gniyeti (“to make, do”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡʲnʲeð]

Noun

aicned n

1. inherent quality, essence, nature
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25^c5

     Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.

     It is shown that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it

   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 137^b5

     Fa·didmed aicned, acht dond·ecmaiṅg anísiu.

     Nature would have allowed it, except that this happens.

2. mind, spirit, feeling
3. disposition, character, behaviour
4. mind, attention, thought, intention, idea
5. knowledge, science

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aicnedN	aicnedN	aicnedL, aicneda
Vocative	aicnedN	aicnedN	aicnedL, aicneda
Accusative	aicnedN	aicnedN	aicnedL, aicneda
Genitive	aicnidL	aicned	aicnedN
Dative	aicniudL	aicnedaib	aicnedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• aicnetae

Descendants

• Irish: aigne
• Manx: aigney
• Scottish Gaelic: aigne

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
aicned (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-aicned
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aicned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language