Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkoβ̃huðʲiɣʲθʲe]

Participle

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comṡuidigthe

  1. past participle of con·suidigedar

Descendants

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  • Irish: comhshuite

Noun

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comṡuidigthe m (genitive comṡuidigthi, nominative plural comṡuidigthi)

  1. (linguistics) compound word (word composed of two or more stems)
    • 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. 207b11
      Cit comṡuidigthi la Grécu ní écen dúnni beta comṡuidigthi linn.
      Although they are compounds in Greek (lit. with the Greeks), it is not necessary for us that they be compounds in our language (lit. with us).

Declension

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Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative comṡuidigthe comṡuidigtheL comṡuidigthiL
Vocative comṡuidigthi comṡuidigtheL comṡuidigthiu
Accusative comṡuidigtheN comṡuidigtheL comṡuidigthiuH
Genitive comṡuidigthiL comṡuidigtheL comṡuidigtheN
Dative comṡuidigthiuL comṡuidigthib comṡuidigthib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
comṡuidigthe chomṡuidigthe comṡuidigthe
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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