aiccend
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- aiccent
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin accentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈakʲen͈d]
Noun
aiccend m (genitive aiccind, nominative plural aiccind)
- (grammar) accent
- 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. 26a6
- ɔ eperthae cía aiccent ⁊ cisí aimser derb thechtas
- so that it might be said what accent and what certain time it has
- 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. 26a6
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | aiccend | aiccendL | aiccindL |
| Vocative | aiccind | aiccendL | aiccenduH |
| Accusative | aiccendN | aiccendL | aiccenduH |
| Genitive | aiccindL | aiccend | aiccendN |
| Dative | aiccendL | aiccendaib | aiccendaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: aiceann
- Scottish Gaelic: aicinn
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| aiccend | unchanged | n-aiccend |
| 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), “aiccend”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language