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immáin

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Old Irish

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Noun

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immáin f or m

  1. verbal noun of imm·aig
  2. act of driving (cattle, etc.)
  3. (sports) driving a ball, hurling, ball-playing
  4. wandering, roaming about
  5. a drove
  6. superiority, control

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative immáinL immáinL immánaH
Vocative immáinL immáinL immánaH
Accusative immáinN immáinL immánaH
Genitive immáineH immáinL immáinN
Dative immáinL immánaib immánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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Mutation

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Mutation of immáin
radical lenition nasalization
immáin
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-immáin

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

References

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