gnin
See also: Gnin
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gninuti (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti (“to know, recognize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡʲnʲin]
Verb
·gnin
- to know (unattested by itself; takes various preverbs to form verbs)
Derived terms
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| ·gnin | ·gnin pronounced with /ɣʲ-/ |
·ngnin |
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), “? gninid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 745, pages 546–547