nídan
Old Irish
editPronunciation
editVerb
editnídan (triggers lenition)
- first-person plural present indicative negative of is
- 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. 14c41
- Nídan chumachtig for n‑irisse.
- We are not potent over your faith.
- 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. 14c41
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
nídan also nnídan after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
nídan pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |