frithcheist
Old Irish
Etymology
From frith- (“against”) + ceist (“question”).
Noun
frithcheist f
- objection
- c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 32b1
- hi frithcheist
- in objection (glossing Latin si quis obiecerit))
- c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 32b1
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | frithcheistL | frithcheistL | frithchestaiH |
| vocative | frithcheistL | frithcheistL | frithchestaiH |
| accusative | frithcheistN | frithcheistL | frithchestaiH |
| genitive | frithchestaeH | frithchestaeL | frithchestaeN |
| dative | frithcheistL | frithchestaib | frithchestaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| frithcheist | ḟrithcheist | frithcheist pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frithcheist”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language