noídiu

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Old IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *newēdyū (“unknowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /n͈oːi̯ðiu̯/

NounEdit

noídiu f (genitive noíden, nominative plural noídin)

1. infant, young child

InflectionEdit

Feminine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived termsEdit

• noídenacht
• noídenán
• noídenas
• noídenda

DescendantsEdit

• Irish: naíon, naí
• Scottish Gaelic: naoidhean

MutationEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

• “noídiu” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.