álaind

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Maybe composed of ad- (to, towards) and lainn (keen, bright).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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álaind (equative áillither, comparative áildiu, áilliu, superlative áildem)

  1. beautiful
  2. fine, splendid, lovely

Declension

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i-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative álaind álaind álaind
Vocative álaind
Accusative álaind álaind
Genitive álaind áilde álaind
Dative álaind álaind álaind
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative áildi áildi
Vocative áildi
Accusative áildi
Genitive álaind*
áilde
Dative áildib
Notes *not when substantivized

Descendants

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  • Irish: álainn
  • Manx: aalin
  • Scottish Gaelic: àlainn

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
álaind
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-álaind
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959) “álind”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume A, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page A-61

Further reading

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