andach
Old Irish
editEtymology
editan- (“un-”) + dag (“good”), from Proto-Celtic *dagos (“good”). Cognate with early Proto-Brythonic andagin (accusative singular feminine) (later *andaɣ), found in the Bath curse tablets.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editandach n (genitive andaig, nominative plural andach)
- wickedness, iniquity
- 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. 134d3
- Ɔ·riris-siu .i. ar·troídfe{a}-siu inna droch daíni, a Dǽ, dia n‑anduch, air is fechtnach a n‑andach mani erthroítar húa Día.
- You will bind, i.e. you will restrain the evil people, O God, from their iniquity, for their iniquity is prosperous if they are not restrained by God.
- 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. 134d3
Declension
editNeuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | andachN | andachN | andachL, andga |
Vocative | andachN | andachN | andachL, andga |
Accusative | andachN | andachN | andachL, andga |
Genitive | andaigL | andach | andachN |
Dative | anduchL | andgaib | andgaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
edit- Middle Irish: annach
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
andach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-andach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 andach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language