noíll
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *nowanluxs, a consonant-stem derivation from *nowan (“nine”) + *lug- (“oath”),[1] whence also *lugyom (Old Irish lugae (“oath”)).
Noun
[edit]noíll f (genitive noílleg, nominative plural noíllig)
Inflection
[edit]| Feminine g-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | noíll | noílligL | noíllig |
| Vocative | noíll | noílligL | noíllega |
| Accusative | noílligN | noílligL | noíllega |
| Genitive | noílleg | noílleg | noíllegN |
| Dative | noílligL | noíllegaib | noíllegaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| noíll also nnoíll after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
noíll 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.
References
[edit]- ^ Stifter, David (2011) “Lack of Syncope and other nichtlautgesetzlich Vowel Developments in OIr. Consonant-Stem Nouns. Animacy Rearing its Head in Morphology?”, in Thomas Krisch, Thomas Lindner, Michael Crombach, Stefan Niederreiter, editors, Indogermanistik und Linguistikim Dialog Akten der XIII. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaftvom 21. bis 27. September 2008 in Salzburg, Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 556–565
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “noíl, noíll”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language