guin
See also: Guin and -guin
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡunʲ/
Noun
guin n (genitive gona)
- verbal noun of gonaid: wounding
- 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. 133a4
- Is ansu cech todǽrnam a nguin cosind loscud .i. a nguin cosind saigit áin.
- Wounding with the burning (i.e. wounding with the fiery arrow) is more grievous than any torture.
- 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. 133a4
Inflection
| Neuter i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | guinN | guinN | guineH |
| Vocative | guinN | guinN | guineH |
| Accusative | guinN | guinN | guineH |
| Genitive | gonoH, gonaH | gonoH, gonaH | guineN |
| Dative | guinL | guinib | guinib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: guin f
- Irish: goin
- Scottish Gaelic: goin
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| guin | guin pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ | nguin |
| 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) , “guin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language