Old Irish

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Etymology

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Univerbation of la (with) +‎ (s)aní (that which)

Conjunction

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lassaní (followed by a nasalizing relative clause)

  1. when
    • 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. 65a2
      .i. lassaní rund·gab lat ande[de]so
      when you have these two things

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