esamain
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
ess- + ómun (“fear”) + -i- (adjective-forming simulfix).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
esamain (comparative esamnu)
- fearless
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b7
- Hóre am essamin-se precepte asmo chuimriug, is lia de creitfess.
- Since I am fearless in preaching out of my captivity, the more it is who will believe.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b7
Declension edit
| i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | esamain | esamain | esamain |
| Vocative | esamain | ||
| Accusative | esamain | esamain | |
| Genitive | esamain | esamnae | esamain |
| Dative | esamain | esamain | esamain |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | esamnai | esamnai | |
| Vocative | esamnai | ||
| Accusative | esamnai | ||
| Genitive | esamain* esamnae | ||
| Dative | esamnaib | ||
| Notes | *not when substantivized | ||
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| esamain | unchanged | n-esamain |
| 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), “es(s)amain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language