Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From soinmech +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈso(ː)nʲβ̃ʲiɣʲe]

Noun

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soinmige f

  1. prosperity
    • 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. 56b15
      Ar chuingid inna sóinmech i mbïat ind ingoir, as·berat-som nád ndignet inna degnímu, húare is hi fochaidib bíthir hi suidib, ⁊ du·ngénat immurgu inna du⟨á⟩lchi, air is sóinmige ad·chotar tri sui{i}dib.
      Because of seeking the prosperity in which the impious are, they say that they will not do the good deeds, since it is in tribulations that one is in regard to these [good deeds], and that, however, they will engage in (lit. do) the vices, for it is prosperity that is obtained through these [vices].

Declension

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Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative soinmigeL soinmigiL soinmigi
Vocative soinmigeL soinmigiL soinmigi
Accusative soinmigiN soinmigiL soinmigi
Genitive soinmige soinmigeL soinmigeN
Dative soinmigiL soinmigib soinmigib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
soinmige ṡoinmige unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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