Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *ambiwritsonom, a prefixed derivation of *sonom. *Sonom is in turn derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *senh₂‐ (to reach, attain).[1] Effectively contains the prefixes imm- +‎ frith-.

Gordon also connects imresan to Irish ar son (instead of, in place of), which has been connected to unrelated words by previous authors.[1]

Noun

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imresan n (genitive imresin, nominative plural imbresna)

  1. verbal noun of imm·fresna: contention, strife, controversy

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative imresanN imresanN imresanL, imresna, imbresna
Vocative imresanN imresanN imresanL, imresna, imbresna
Accusative imresanN imresanN imresanL, imresna, imbresna
Genitive imresainL, imresinL imresan imresanN
Dative imresunL imresnaib imresnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
imresan
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-imresan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 480

Further reading

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