colinn
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Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *kolanis, from Proto-Indo-European *kel(H)-, whence also Proto-Germanic *huldą (“corpse, carcass”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]colinn f (genitive colno, nominative plural colnai)
Inflection
[edit]Feminine i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | colinn | colinnL | colnaiH |
Vocative | colinn | colinnL | colnaiH |
Accusative | colinnN | colinnL | colnaiH |
Genitive | colnoH, colnaH | colnoH, colnaH | colnaeN |
Dative | colinnL | colnaib | colnaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
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colinn | cholinn | colinn pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 95
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “colainn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language