óenach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • oínach

Etymology

From óen (“one”) +‎ ag- (“to celebrate”), literally “celebrating as one”.[1]

Noun

óenach n

  1. a gathering to play games, races or contests

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative óenachN óenachN óenachL, óenacha
vocative óenachN óenachN óenachL, óenacha
accusative óenachN óenachN óenachL, óenacha
genitive óenaigL óenach óenachN
dative óenachL óenachaib óenachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: óenach

Mutation

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

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

References

  1. ^ Uhlich, Jurgen (2002) “Verbal governing compounds (synthetics) in Early Irish and other Celtic languages”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 100, number 3, Wiley, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 403–433

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