neutur
Appearance
Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]neutur n (genitive neutair, nominative plural neutur)
- (grammar) neuter
- 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. 63a17
- Amal nád ṅdéni neutur dindí as Tiberis cía do·berthar flumen friss, síc ní déni neutur dindí as Suthul ci ad·comaltar oppidum friss.
- As it does not make a neuter of [that which is] Tiberis that flumen is put with it, so it does not make a neuter of [that which is] Suthul, that oppidum is conjoined to it.
- 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. 63a17
Declension
[edit]Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | neuturN, neutor | neuturN, neutor | neuturL, neutor, neutra |
Vocative | neuturN, neutor | neuturN, neutor | neuturL, neutor, neutra |
Accusative | neuturN, neutor | neuturN, neutor | neuturL, neutor, neutra |
Genitive | neutairL | neutur, neutor | neuturN, neutor |
Dative | neuturL | neutraib | neutraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
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neutur also nneutur after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
neutur 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
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “neutur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language