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nuae

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *nouyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nuae

  1. new
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 18b4
      .i. roth cruind forsa·ndenat na cerda in lestrai nui
      i.e. a round wheel on which the potters make the new vessels
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 110d12
      nuae dun-ni, a Daé, ind esamnae-so dit ditin-siu.
      This confidence concerning Your sg protection is not new to us, O God.
    • 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. 217a
      Memmbrum naue, droch dub! Ó, ní epur na haill.
      New parchment, bad ink! Oh, I say nothing more.

Inflection

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io/iā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nuae nuae nuae
Vocative nuai
Accusative nuae nuai
Genitive nuai nuae nuai
Dative nuu nuai nuu
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative nuai nuai
Vocative nuai
nuu*
Accusative nuai
nuu*
Genitive nuae
Dative nuaib
Notes * when substantivized

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: núa

Mutation

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Mutation of nuae
radical lenition nasalization
nuae
also nnuae after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
nuae
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

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