Íssu
See also: issu
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yĕšuaʿ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiːsu/
Proper noun
Íssu m (invariable)
- Jesus
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 3c2
- tri chretim i nÍsu ꝉ isin beothu i táa Ísu iar n-esséirgu
- through belief in Jesus or in the life in which Jesus is after resurrection
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 3c2
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| Íssu (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
Íssu | n-Íssu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 Ís(s)u, Ísa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language