-sni

See also: sni, śni, sní, and .sni

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• -ni

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *snīs (“we”) (compare Welsh ni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲn͈ʲi/

Suffix

-sni

1. 1st person plural emphatic suffix

   lai[mim]mirsni

   we dare

See also

Old Irish emphatic suffixes

person	emphatic suffixes
1 sg	-se, -sa
2 sg	-siu, -so, -su
3 sg m or n	-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
3 sg f	-si
1 pl	-ni, -nai, -sni
2 pl	-si
3 pl	-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam

Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.