noíll
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *nowanluxs, a consonant-stem derivation from *nowan (“nine”) + *lug- (“oath”),[1] whence also *lugyom (Old Irish lugae (“oath”)).
Noun
noíll f (genitive noílleg, nominative plural noíllig)
- (law) oath
Inflection
| Feminine g-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | noíll | noílligL | noíllig |
| Vocative | noíll | noílligL | noíllega |
| Accusative | noílligN | noílligL | noíllega |
| Genitive | noílleg | noílleg | noíllegN |
| Dative | noílligL | noíllegaib | noíllegaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| noíll also nnoíll after a proclitic | noíll pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Stifter, David (2011), “Lack of Syncope and other nichtlautgesetzlich Vowel Developments in OIr. Consonant-Stem Nouns. Animacy Rearing its Head in Morphology?”, in Indogermanistik und Linguistikim Dialog Akten der XIII. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaftvom 21. bis 27. September 2008 in Salzburg, Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 556–565
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “noíl, noíll”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language