nebchongabthetu

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From neph- (un-, non-) +‎ con·gaib (to contain) +‎ -tu (abstract noun suffix); a calque of Latin incontinentia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈn͈ʲeβxonɣaβʲθʲedu]

Noun

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nebchongabthetu f (genitive nebchongabthetad)

  1. (hapax) incontinence (lack of self-restraint)
    • 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. 9d24
      arna dich cách assa dligud i n-adaltras tri láthar demuin et tri bar nebcongabthetit-si
      lest everyone go out of his duty into adultery through the Devil’s machination and through your incontinence

Declension

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Feminine t-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative nebchongabthetu
Vocative nebchongabthetu
Accusative nebchongabthetaidN, nebcongabthetit
Genitive nebchongabthetad
Dative nebchongabthetaidL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
nebchongabthetu
also nnebchongabthetu after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
nebchongabthetu
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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