ascae

Old Irish

Etymology

Stifter (2013) derives this from a Proto-Celtic *adcomstāss, semantically justifying the coinage as originally referring to a person who stood alongside another "at (a matter)", hence being a rival over a subject.[1] But this derivation would thus be at semantic odds with that of its close relative ad·cota (“to get”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /as.ke/

Noun

ascae m

rival

Inflection

Masculine d-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ascae	ascaid^L, ascae	ascaid
Vocative	ascae	ascaid^L, ascae	ascada
Accusative	ascaid^N	ascaid^L, ascae	ascada
Genitive	ascad	ascad	ascad^N
Dative	ascaid^L	ascadaib	ascadaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ascae	unchanged	n-ascae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Stifter, David (2013), “The Accusative Plural of Early Irish Dental and Guttural Stems”, in Pamela O'Neill, editor, The Land Beneath the Sea: Essays in Honour of Anders Ahlqvist's Contribution to Celtic Studies in Australia (Sydney Series in Celtic Studies; 14), Sydney: University of Sydney, →ISBN, page 194

[1] Stifter, David (2013), “The Accusative Plural of Early Irish Dental and Guttural Stems”, in Pamela O'Neill, editor, The Land Beneath the Sea: Essays in Honour of Anders Ahlqvist's Contribution to Celtic Studies in Australia (Sydney Series in Celtic Studies; 14), Sydney: University of Sydney, →ISBN, page 194