faigen

Cimbrian

Noun

faigen

  1. inflection of faiga:
    1. dative singular
    2. plural

Old Irish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin văgīna, from Latin vāgīna (“sheath, scabbard”) with pretonic shortening of ā. Parallel borrowing with Proto-Brythonic *gwėɣin (“sheath”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɸaɣʲen]

Noun

faigen f (genitive faigne, nominative plural faigne)

  1. sheath, scabbard

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative faigenL faiginL faigneH
vocative faigenL faiginL faigneH
accusative faiginN faiginL faigneH
genitive faigneH faigenL faigenN
dative faiginL faignib faignib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: faighin
  • Manx: fine
  • Scottish Gaelic: faighean

Mutation

Mutation of faigen
radical lenition nasalization
faigen ḟaigen faigen
pronounced with /β̃-/

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

References

  1. ^ Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 444

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