nemed

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• neimed

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nemetom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈn͈ʲeβ̃ʲeð]

Noun

nemed m (genitive nemid, nominative plural nemid)

1. sanctuary
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 13^b1

     nemed glosses sacellum

2. a person with privilege

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	nemed	nemedL	nemidL
Vocative	nemid	nemedL	nemthiuH
Accusative	nemedN	nemedL	nemthiuH
Genitive	nemidL	nemed	nemedN
Dative	nemiudL	nemthib	nemthib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: neimheadh

Mutation

Mutation of nemed

radical	lenition	nasalization
nemed also nnemed after a proclitic ending in a vowel	nemed pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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