ísin
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From í (deictic particle) + sin (“that”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈiːsʲinʲ]
Determiner
ísin
- that (used after the noun, which is preceded by the definite article; emphatic)
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 58a
- Bíid didiu a confessio hísin do foísitin pecthae, bíid dano do molad, bíid dano do atlugud buide; do foísitin didiu atá-som sunt.
- That confessio, then, is for confessing sins, it is also for praising, it is also for offering thanks; here, then, it is for confessing.
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 58a
See also
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| ísin (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
ísin | n-ísin |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 475.2, pages 300–1; reprinted 2017