fíadu

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *weidwūs, from *weyd- (“to know”) +‎ *-wṓs (stative participle suffix). The n-stem inflection is secondary.[1]

Noun

fíadu m

  1. witness

Inflection

Masculine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fíadu fíadainL fíadain
vocative fíadu fíadainL fíadnaH
accusative fíadainN fíadainL fíadnaH
genitive fíadan fíadanL fíadanN
dative fíadainL, fíaduL fíadnaib fíadnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of fíadu
radical lenition nasalization
fíadu ḟíadu fíadu
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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

References

  1. ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of N-stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 115

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