gessid
Old Irish
Etymology
From the root of guidid + -id.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡʲesʲiðʲ]
Noun
gessid m (genitive gessedo, nominative plural gesidi)
- suppliant, supplicant
- 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. 53c3
- cech oín gessid .i. giges Día
- every single supplicant i.e. who will pray to God
- 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. 53c3
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gessid | gessidL | gessidiH |
| vocative | gessid | gessidL | gessidiH |
| accusative | gessidN | gessidL | gessidiH |
| genitive | gessedoH, gessedaH | gessedoH, gessedaH | gessideN |
| dative | gessidL | gessidib, gesidib | gessidib, gesidib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| gessid | gessid pronounced with /ɣʲ-/ |
ngessid |
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), “gessid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language