esamain

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • esámain, esomain, essamain, essamin, hesamain

Etymology

ess- +‎ ómun (“fear”) +‎ -i- (adjective-forming simulfix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈesaβ̃ɨnʲ]

Adjective

esamain (comparative esamnu)

  1. fearless
    • 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. 23b7
      Hóre am essamin-se precepte asmo chuimriug, is lia de creitfess.
      Since I am fearless in preaching out of my captivity, the more it is who will believe.

Declension

i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative esamain esamain esamain
vocative esamain
accusative esamain esamain
genitive esamain esamnae esamain
dative esamain esamain esamain
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative esamnai esamnai
vocative esamnai
accusative esamnai
genitive esamain*
esamnae
dative esamnaib

*not when substantivized

Derived terms

  • esamnae

Mutation

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

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

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