ecnae

Old Irish

Etymology

From *exs- +‎ Proto-Celtic *-gniyom. Effectively contains the prefix ess-.

Noun

ecnae n (genitive ecnai)

1. wisdom, knowledge
2. verbal noun of as·gnin

Inflection

Neuter io-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ecnaeN	ecnaeL	ecnaeL
vocative	ecnaeN	ecnaeL	ecnaeL
accusative	ecnaeN	ecnaeL	ecnaeL
genitive	ecnaiL	ecnaeL	ecnaeN
dative	ecnuL	ecnaib	ecnaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of ecnae

radical	lenition	nasalization
ecnae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ecnae

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ecna(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language