noíb
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *noibos (compare Gaulish Noibio), from Proto-Indo-European *neybʰ- (“blessed, holy, fortunate”); cognate with Old Persian 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /naibaʰ/, “good, beautiful”) (Persian نیو (niv, “brave, valiant”)).
Pronunciation
editNominative singular all genders; dative/accusative singular masculine; dative singular neuter; genitive plural all genders:
Vocative/genitive singular masculine; dative/accusative singular feminine; genitive singular neuter; nominative plural masculine:
Adjective
editnoíb
- holy, sacred
- 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. 69a21
- Co n-epred, “Du·gén a nnoíb sa ⁊ ní digén ⟨a n-⟩ærgarth{a}e se, cid accubur lium”; ní eper insin.
- So that he should say, “I will do this holy thing and I will not do this forbidden thing, though it is a desire of mine”; he does not say that.
- 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. 69a21
- (nominalized) saint
- 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. 51a18
- In tan imme·romastar són nach noíb, ara cuintea dílgud Dé isind aimsir sin.
- That is, when any saint sins, that he may seek the forgiveness of God at that time.
- 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. 51a18
Inflection
edito/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | noíb | noíb | noíb |
Vocative | noíb | ||
Accusative | noíb | noíb | |
Genitive | noíb | noíbe | noíb |
Dative | noíb | noíb | noíb |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | noíb | noíba | |
Vocative | noíbu noíba† | ||
Accusative | noíbu noíba† | ||
Genitive | noíb | ||
Dative | noíbaib | ||
Notes | † not when substantivized |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editVerb
edit·noíb
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
noíb also nnoíb after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
noíb pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “noíb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish adjectives
- Old Irish terms with quotations
- Old Irish nominalized adjectives
- Old Irish o/ā-stem adjectives
- Old Irish non-lemma forms
- Old Irish verb forms