felsub
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin philosophus, ultimately from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfelsub m
- philosopher
- 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. 27a10
- Ar is he besad felsub, etarcert di dúlib et saigid forru et neb-chretem a n-ad·[f]iadar di Crist.
- For this is [the] use for philosophers, to dissertate concerning the elements, and to dispute over them, and not to believe what is declared of Christ.
- 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. 27a10
Inflection
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | felsub | felsubL | felsuibL |
Vocative | felsuib | felsubL | felsubuH |
Accusative | felsubN | felsubL | felsubuH |
Genitive | felsuibL | felsub | felsubN |
Dative | felsubL | felsubaib | felsubaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
felsub | ḟelsub | felsub pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
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), “fellsam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language