gnin
See also: Gnin
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gninuti (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti (“to know, recognize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡʲnʲin]
Verb
·gnin
- to know (unattested by itself; takes various preverbs to form verbs)
Derived terms
- ad·gnin
- as·gnin
- con·gnin
- etar·gnin
- in·gnin
- remi·asgnin
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ·gnin | ·gnin pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/ | ·ngnin |
| 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), “? gninid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 546–547