ecnae
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom *exs- + Proto-Celtic *-gniyom. Effectively contains the prefix ess-.
Noun
editecnae n (genitive ecnai)
Inflection
editNeuter io-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ecnaeN | ecnaeL | ecnaeL |
Vocative | ecnaeN | ecnaeL | ecnaeL |
Accusative | ecnaeN | ecnaeL | ecnaeL |
Genitive | ecnaiL | ecnaeL | ecnaeN |
Dative | ecnuL | ecnaib | ecnaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ecnae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-ecnae |
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), “ecna(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language