neph-
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- neb-
Prefix
neph-
- not, non-, un-
- 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. 7b9
- .i. a n-dliged n-ísin neph-accomoil in[n]a teora lit[er] i [n-]oen-sil[laib]
- i.e. that law of not joining three letters in one syllable
- c. 775, Táin Bó Fraích from the Book of Leinster, published in Táin bó Fraích (1974, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited by Wolfgang Meid, line 323
- "Do·géna nephthecht dia cungid. Ní thaibrea th'anmain forru," ol sí.
- You shall not go seek them. You wouldn't give your life for them," she said.
- 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. 7b9
Derived terms
Old Irish terms prefixed with neph-
Descendants
- Middle Irish: nem-
- Irish: neamh-
- Manx: neu-
- Scottish Gaelic: neo-
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| neph- also nneph- after a proclitic | neph- 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