ennac
Old Irish
Etymology
From Latin innocuus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈen͈aɡ]
Adjective
ennac
- innocent
- 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. 91b7
- is dó du·gníinn-se anísin, combin cosmail fri encu
- It is for that [reason] that I used to do that, so that I might be like innocent ones
- 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. 91b7
Declension
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | ennac | ennac | ennac |
| Vocative | ennaic* ennac** | ||
| Accusative | ennac | ennaic | |
| Genitive | ennaic | ennaice | ennaic |
| Dative | ennuc | ennaic | ennuc |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | ennaic | enca | |
| Vocative | encu enca† | ||
| Accusative | encu enca† | ||
| Genitive | ennac | ||
| Dative | encaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Derived terms
- enncae
Descendants
- Irish: eannach (obsolete)
- Scottish Gaelic: eannach
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ennac | unchanged | n-ennac |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ennac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language