See also: namae

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *nāmants, traditionally said to be from Proto-Indo-European *ne (not) + *h₂em- (love) (compare Latin amō), but as that verb root is not otherwise attested in Celtic, this may be a folk etymology.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈn͈aːβ̃e/, [ˈn͈aːβ̃ɘ]

Noun

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námae m (genitive námat, nominative plural námait)

  1. enemy

For quotations using this term, see Citations:námae.

Declension

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Masculine nt-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative námae námaitL námait
Vocative námae námaitL náimtea
Accusative námaitN námaitL náimtea
Genitive námat námatL námatN
Dative námaitL náimtib náimtib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: náma
    • Irish: namhaid
    • Manx: noid
    • Scottish Gaelic: nàmhaid

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
námae
also nnámae after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
námae
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283

Further reading

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