noíll
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *nowanluxs, a consonant-stem derivation from *nowan (“nine”) + *lug- (“oath”),[1] whence also *lugyom (Old Irish lugae (“oath”)).
Noun
editnoíll f (genitive noílleg, nominative plural noíllig)
Inflection
editFeminine g-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | noíll | noílligL | noíllig |
Vocative | noíll | noílligL | noíllega |
Accusative | noílligN | noílligL | noíllega |
Genitive | noílleg | noílleg | noíllegN |
Dative | noílligL | noíllegaib | noíllegaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
noíll also nnoíll after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
noíll pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Stifter, David (2011) “Lack of Syncope and other nichtlautgesetzlich Vowel Developments in OIr. Consonant-Stem Nouns. Animacy Rearing its Head in Morphology?”, in Thomas Krisch, Thomas Lindner, Michael Crombach, Stefan Niederreiter, editors, Indogermanistik und Linguistikim Dialog Akten der XIII. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaftvom 21. bis 27. September 2008 in Salzburg, Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 556–565
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “noíl, noíll”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language