nemed
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- neimed
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *nemetom.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈn͈ʲeṽʲeð]
Noun
nemed m (genitive nemid, nominative plural nemid)
- sanctuary
- 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. 13b1
- nemed glosses sacellum
- 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. 13b1
- a person with privilege
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | nemed | nemedL | nemidL |
| Vocative | nemid | nemedL | nemthiuH |
| Accusative | nemedN | nemedL | nemthiuH |
| Genitive | nemidL | nemed | nemedN |
| Dative | nemiudL | nemthib | nemthib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: neimheadh
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| nemed also nnemed after a proclitic | nemed pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*nemeto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “neimed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language