iress
Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *ɸerissā, which Matasović derives from Proto-Indo-European *peri-dʰh₁-teh₂[1] and which Mallory and Adams derive from Proto-Indo-European *peri-steh₂-[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]iress f (genitive irisse)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:iress.
Declension
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | iressL | — | — |
| Vocative | iressL | — | — |
| Accusative | irissN | — | — |
| Genitive | irisseH | — | — |
| Dative | irissL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Irish: iris (“faith, religion”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| iress (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-iress |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 128
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 61
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ires(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language