nebchongabthetu
Old Irish
Etymology
From neph- (“un-, non-”) + con·gaib (“to contain”) + -tu (abstract noun suffix); a calque of Latin incontinentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈn͈ʲevxonɣavʲθʲedu]
Noun
nebchongabthetu f (genitive nebchongabthetad)
- (hapax) incontinence (lack of self-restraint)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9d24
- arna dich cách assa dligud i n-adaltras tri láthar demuin et tri bar nebcongabthetit-si
- lest everyone go out of his duty into adultery through the Devil’s machination and through your incontinence
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9d24
Declension
| Feminine t-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | nebchongabthetu | — | — |
| Vocative | nebchongabthetu | — | — |
| Accusative | nebchongabthetaidN, nebcongabthetit | — | — |
| Genitive | nebchongabthetad | — | — |
| Dative | nebchongabthetaidL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| nebchongabthetu also nnebchongabthetu after a proclitic | nebchongabthetu pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ | unchanged |
| 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), “1 nem-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language