íarmue

Old Irish

Etymology

From íarm- (“after”) +‎ aue (“grandson, descendant”).

Noun

íarmue m (nominative plural íarmui)

  1. great-grandson

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative íarmue íarmueL íarmuiL
vocative íarmui íarmueL íarmuu
accusative íarmueN íarmueL íarmuuH
genitive íarmuiL íarmueL íarmueN
dative íarmuuL íarmuib íarmuib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: íarmúa, íarmó
    • Scottish Gaelic: iar-ogha (with prefix leveling)

Mutation

Mutation of íarmue
radical lenition nasalization
íarmue
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 íarmue n-íarmue

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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