apaig

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ad- + the root of *bungeti (“to reap”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈabɨɣʲ]

Adjective

apaig

  1. ripe (ready for reaping or gathering)

Declension

i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative apaig apaig apaig
vocative apaig
accusative apaig apaig
genitive apaig aipche apaig
dative apaig apaig apaig
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative aipchi aipchi
vocative aipchi
accusative aipchi
genitive apaig*
aipche
dative aipchib

*not when substantivized

Derived terms

  • aipgigid
    • Irish: aibigh

Descendants

Mutation

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

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

References

  1. ^ 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, § 149, page 92; reprinted 2017

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