Moysi

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mō̆ȳsī

  1. genitive/dative/ablative singular of Mō̆ȳsēs

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin Mō̆ȳsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšeʰ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmoːi̯si]

Proper noun

Moysi m (invariable)

  1. Moses (biblical patriarch)
    • 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. 15a18
      Do·gníthe a n‑as·bered Moysi ꝉ do·árbas gloria oc tindnacul legis.
      What Moses used to say used to be done, or glory has been displayed in giving the law.

Descendants

  • Irish: Maois
  • Scottish Gaelic: Maois

Mutation

Mutation of Moysi
radical lenition nasalization
Moysi
also mMoysi in h-prothesis environments
Moysi
pronounced with /β̃-/
Moysi
also mMoysi

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