neim
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *neman, degeminated from Proto-Indo-European *nem-mn̥, from *nem- (“to distribute, give”) + *-mn̥ (verbal noun suffix).[1] For the semantic relationship, compare German Gift (“poison, toxin”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]neim n or f (genitive neime, nominative plural neimi) (originally neuter)[3]
Inflection
[edit]This term declines as a neuter n-stem in the singular and an i-stem in the plural.
| Neuter n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | neimN | neimN | neimiH |
| Vocative | neimN | neimN | neimiH |
| Accusative | neimN | neimN | neimiH |
| Genitive | neime | neimeN | neimeN |
| Dative | neimimL | neimib | neimib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Byrd, Andrew Miles (2006) “Return to Dative Anmaimm”, in Ériu, volume 56, page 152
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nemo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “neim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem-
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish neuter nouns
- Old Irish feminine nouns
- Old Irish nouns with multiple genders
- Old Irish i-stem nouns
- Old Irish neuter n-stem nouns
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