sinnchénae
Old Irish
Etymology
A diminutive of sinnach.
Noun
sinnchénae (gender unknown)
- Diminutive of sinnach
- 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. 47a6
- sinnchenae ― (glosses Latin volpecula)
- 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. 47a6
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
sinnchénae | ṡinnchénae | 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), “sinnchéne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language