ainb
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *an- (“un-”) + *wids (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). Ainb was an irregular consonant-stem adjective during the eighth century, but by the ninth-century Milan glosses it had become an i-stem.
Adjective edit
ainb
Inflection edit
The inflection as attested in the Milan glosses was:
| i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | ainb | ainb | ainb |
| Vocative | ainb | ||
| Accusative | ainb | ainb | |
| Genitive | ainb | ainbe | ainb |
| Dative | ainb | ainb | ainb |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | ainbi | ainbi | |
| Vocative | ainbi | ||
| Accusative | ainbi | ||
| Genitive | ainb* ainbe | ||
| Dative | ainbib | ||
| Notes | *not when substantivized | ||
However, the irregular genitive singular ainbfeth is also attested in Bretha Nemed law tracts. It has also appeared, corrupted, in the form anfeich.
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ainb | unchanged | n-ainb |
| 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), “ainb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language