immáin
Old Irish
editNoun
editimmáin f or m
- verbal noun of imm·aig
- act of driving (cattle, etc.)
- (sports) driving a ball, hurling, ball-playing
- wandering, roaming about
- a drove
- superiority, control
Inflection
editFeminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | immáinL | immáinL | immánaH |
Vocative | immáinL | immáinL | immánaH |
Accusative | immáinN | immáinL | immánaH |
Genitive | immáineH | immáinL | immáinN |
Dative | immáinL | immánaib | immánaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
immáin (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-immáin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “immáin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language