ingor

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiŋɡur]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *an-gʷoros (“undutiful”) (whence also Welsh anwar). By surface analysis, in- +‎ gor (“pious, dutiful”).

Adjective

ingor

1. impious
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56^b15

     Ar chuingid inna sóinmech i mbïat ind ingoir, as·berat-som nád ndignet inna degnímu, húare is hi fochaidib bíthir hi suidib, ⁊ du·ngénat immurgu inna du⟨á⟩lchi, air is sóinmige ad·chotar tri sui{i}dib.

     Because of seeking the prosperity in which the impious are, they say that they will not do the good deeds, since it is in tribulations that one is in regard to these [good deeds], and that, however, they will engage in (lit. “do”) the vices, for it is prosperity that is obtained through these [vices].

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ingor	ingor	ingor
Vocative	ingoir* ingor**
Accusative	ingor	ingoir
Genitive	ingoir	ingrae	ingoir
Dative	ingor	ingoir	ingor
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	ingoir	ingra
Vocative	ingru ingra†
Accusative	ingru ingra†
Genitive	ingor
Dative	ingraib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Etymology 2

From Latin ancora; during the borrowing, the middle vowel raised to /u/, triggering the raising of /a/ to /i/ (under Schrijver's assumptions) or blocking the re-lowering to **an- by a-affection (under McCone's assumptions).

Noun

ingor f

1. anchor
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 34^a2

     Sís fu·certar cech ingor; suas fus·cerdam-ni.

     Down every anchor is cast: up let us cast it.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ingorL	ingoirL	ingraH
Vocative	ingorL	ingoirL	ingraH
Accusative	ingoirN	ingoirL	ingraH
Genitive	ingraeH	ingorL	ingorN
Dative	ingoirL	ingraib	ingraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of ingor

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

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), “2 ingor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Verb

ingor

1. to be noisy