etham

Old Irish

Etymology

Derived by Binchy from ith (“grain”) +‎ -em (agent noun suffix), supposedly denoting a day during which grain farmers worked.[1]

Noun

etham m (genitive ethamon)

  1. (rare) Wednesday
    Synonym: cétaín

Inflection

Masculine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative etham ethamuinL ethamuin
vocative etham ethamuinL ethamnaH
accusative ethamuinN ethamuinL ethamnaH
genitive ethamon ethamonL ethamonN
dative ethamuinL, ethamL ethamnaib ethamnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí (1981) “The Oldest Irish Names for the Days of the Week?”, in Ériu‎[1], volume 32, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved 26 July 2022, pages 95–114

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