coibnesta
Old Irish
Etymology
From coibnius + -de.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkovʲnʲesta/
Adjective
coibnesta
- akin (+ do (“to”))
- 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. 159a3
- Is airi ní táet comṡuidigud fri rangabáil, húare as coibnesta do bréthir: ar is lour comṡuidigud fri suidi, air bid comṡuidigud etarscartha comṡuidigud rangabálae.
- This is why composition does not occur with a participle, because it is akin to a verb: for composition with the latter is sufficient, for composition of a participle will be separated composition.
- 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. 159a3
Declension
| io/iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | coibnesta | coibnesta | coibnesta |
| Vocative | coibnestai | ||
| Accusative | coibnesta | coibnestai | |
| Genitive | coibnestai | coibnesta | coibnestai |
| Dative | coibnestu | coibnestai | coibnestu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | coibnestai | coibnestai | |
| Vocative | coibnestai coibnestu* | ||
| Accusative | coibnestai coibnestu* | ||
| Genitive | coibnesta | ||
| Dative | coibnestaib | ||
| Notes | * when substantivized | ||
Descendants
- Irish: coibhneasta
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| coibnesta | choibnesta | coibnesta pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coibnestae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language