andach
Old Irish
Etymology
an- (“un”) + dag (“good”), from Proto-Celtic *dagos (“good”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈan͈dax]
Noun
andach n (genitive andaig, nominative plural andach)
- wickedness, iniquity
- 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. 134d3
- Ɔ·riris-siu .i. ar·troídfe{a}-siu inna droch daíni, a Dǽ, dia n‑anduch, air is fechtnach a n‑andach mani erthroítar húa Día.
- You will bind, i.e. you will restrain the evil people, O God, from their iniquity, for their iniquity is prosperous if they are not restrained by God.
- 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. 134d3
Declension
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | andachN | andachN | andachL, andga |
| Vocative | andachN | andachN | andachL, andga |
| Accusative | andachN | andachN | andachL, andga |
| Genitive | andaigL | andach | andachN |
| Dative | anduchL | andgaib | andgaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: annach
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| andach | unchanged | n-andach |
| 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) , “1 andach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language