Laitindae
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- Laitianta, Laitinde, Laitinnda, Latianda, Latinda, Latindae, Latinde, Latinṅda
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈl͈adʲin͈dɘ]
Adjective
Laitindae
- Latin (pertaining to the Latin language)
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
- Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
- Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two characters in those consonants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
Declension
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | Laitindae | Laitindae | Laitindae |
vocative | Laitindai | ||
accusative | Laitindae | Laitindai | |
genitive | Laitindai | Laitindae | Laitindai |
dative | Laitindu | Laitindai | Laitindu |
plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
nominative | Laitindai | Laitindai | |
vocative | Laitindai Laitindu* | ||
accusative | Laitindai Laitindu* | ||
genitive | Laitindae | ||
dative | Laitindaib |
* when substantivized
Mutation
radical | lenition | nasalization |
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Laitindae also Llaitindae in h-prothesis environments |
Laitindae pronounced with /l-/ |
Laitindae also Llaitindae |
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), “Laitindae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language