finnfad
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAkin to finna, finnae (“a hair”), from Proto-Celtic *wendyos (compare synonymous finn from *wendom), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“hair”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “hair root”) and Old High German wintbrāwa (“eyelash”) (whence German Wimper).[1] Stokes favors *h₂welh₁- (“wool, fleece”).
Noun
editfinnfad m (genitive finnfaid)
Inflection
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | finnfad | finnfadL | finnfaidL |
Vocative | finnfaid | finnfadL | finnfaduH |
Accusative | finnfadN | finnfadL | finnfaduH |
Genitive | finnfaidL | finnfad | finnfadN |
Dative | finnfadL | finnfadaib | finnfadaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
edit- finnfadach (“hairy, shaggy”)
Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
finnfad | ḟinnfad | finnfad pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “wendo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “finnfad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language