frithtuidecht

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • frituidecht

Etymology

From frith- +‎ tuidecht. Delenition of th to t before t and degemination of the resulting t-t to single t are expected phonologically and reflected in the spelling frituidecht. It is not known whether the morphologically transparent spelling frithtuidecht reflected a novel pronunciation using the cluster [-θ.t-].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɸʲrʲi(θ)tuðʲəxt]

Noun

frithtuidecht f (genitive frithtuidechtae)

  1. verbal noun of fris·taít
  2. opposition, resistance

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative frithtuidechtL
vocative frithtuidechtL
accusative frithtuidechtN
genitive frithtuidechtaeH
dative frithtuidechtL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20b2
    Is airi da·rogart-som noíb, ar frith⟨t⟩uidecht innaní as·rubartatar nád robae remdéicsiu ná láthar nDǽ dïa dúlib.
    It is for this reason that he has called himself a saint, because of the opposition of those who have said that there is neither providence nor dispensation of God for his creatures.

Descendants

  • Irish: friotaíocht

Mutation

Mutation of frithtuidecht
radical lenition nasalization
frithtuidecht ḟrithtuidecht frithtuidecht
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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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