gním

Old Irish

FWOTD – 20 June 2020

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gnīmus (compare Welsh gnif, Breton niñv), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡʲnʲiːβ̃]

Noun

gním m (genitive gnímo, nominative plural gnímae or gnímai)

verbal noun of gníid: doing, making
Synonym: dénum
act, action, deed
Synonyms: bann, bert, glond, icht
work
Synonyms: fognam, lubair, monar, opar, othar, saíthar

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gním.

Declension

Masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	gním	gním^L	gnímae^H, gníma^H
vocative	gním	gním^L	gnímu
accusative	gním^N	gním^L	gnímu
genitive	gnímo^H, gníma^H	gnímo^L, gníma^L	gnímae^N
dative	gním^L	gnímaib	gnímaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

aurgnam
caíngním
cungnam
dénum
fognam
frithgnam
imfognam
tognam

Descendants

Middle Irish: gním
- Irish: gníomh
  - → English: gneeve
- Scottish Gaelic: gnìomh

Mutation

Mutation of *gním*
radical	lenition	nasalization
gním	gním pronounced with /ɣʲ-/	ngním

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), “1 gním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language