céimm
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *kanxsman, related to the verb *kengeti.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcéimm n
- verbal noun of cingid
- step
- rank (in a hierarchy)
Inflection
edit| Neuter n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | céimmN | céimmN | céimmenL |
| Vocative | céimmN | céimmN | céimmenL |
| Accusative | céimmN | céimmN | céimmenL |
| Genitive | céimme | céimmenN | céimmenN |
| Dative | céimmimL | céimmenaib | céimmenaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
editMutation
edit| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| céimm | chéimm | céimm pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kanxsman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 188-189
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)keng-
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish neuter nouns
- Old Irish verbal nouns
- Old Irish neuter n-stem nouns