Iohain
Old Irish
Etymology
From Late Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).
Proper noun
Iohain m
- John (apostle)
- 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. 18d12
- Petur et Iacób et Iohain
- Peter and James and John
- 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. 18d12
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Iohain | — | — |
| vocative | Iohain | — | — |
| accusative | Iohain | — | — |
| genitive | Iohain | — | — |
| dative | Iohain | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| Iohain (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
Iohain | n-Iohain |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.