guin
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *gʷoni, whence also Middle Welsh gwan (“blow, stroke”), Welsh gwân.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
guin n (genitive gona)
- verbal noun of gonaid: wounding
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 133a4
- Is ansu cech todǽrnam a nguin cosind loscud .i. a nguin cosind saigit áin.
- Wounding with the burning (i.e. wounding with the fiery arrow) is more grievous than any torture.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 133a4
Inflection edit
Neuter i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | guinN | guinN | guineL |
Vocative | guinN | guinN | guineL |
Accusative | guinN | guinN | guineL |
Genitive | gonoH, gonaH | gonoH, gonaH | guineN |
Dative | guinL | guinib | guinib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
guin | guin pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
nguin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “guin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language