ingreimm

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ingraim, ingrim

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *eni- + *grend- + *-man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈinʲɣʲrʲemʲ]

Noun

ingreimm n (genitive ingr(a)imme)

1. verbal noun of in·greinn
2. persecution
   • 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. 20^c21

     Is dó da·gníat: maith leu indocbál apstal doib et ní fodmat ingreimm ar chroich Críst.

     It is for this they do it: they like to have the glory of apostles, and they do not endure persecution for the cross of Christ.

   • 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. 77^a12

     Air du·roimnibetar mo popuil-se a rrecht dia n‑uilemarbae-siu a náimtea .i. mani bé nech fris·chomarr doïbsom ⁊ ⟨du⟩da·imchomarr dia chomalnad tri fochaidi ⁊ ingraimmen.

     For my peoples will forget their law if you sg kill all their enemies, i.e. if there is no one who will hurt them and constrain them to fulfill it through tribulations and persecutions.

Declension

Neuter n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ingreimmN, ingraimN, ingrimN	ingreimmN, ingraimN, ingrimN	ingreimmenL, ingremmenN, ingrammanN, ingraimmenN
Vocative	ingreimmN, ingraimN, ingrimN	ingreimmN, ingraimN, ingrimN	ingreimmenL, ingremmenN, ingrammanN, ingraimmenN
Accusative	ingreimmN, ingraimN, ingrimN	ingreimmN, ingraimN, ingrimN	ingreimmenL, ingremmenN, ingrammanN, ingraimmenN
Genitive	ingreimme, ingr(a)imme	ingreimmenN, ingremmenN, ingrammanN, ingraimmenN	ingreimmenN, ingremmenN, ingrammanN, ingraimmenN
Dative	ingreimmimL, ingr(a)immimL, ingr(a)imL	ingreimmenaib, ingrammanaib	ingreimmenaib, ingrammanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: inghreim

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ingreimm, ingraimm, ingrimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language