londas
Old Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈl͈on͈das]
Noun
londas m (genitive londassa)
- wrath
- 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. 111c13
- Is hé ru·fiastar cumachtae inna díglae do·mbi{u}r-siu húa londas, intí du·écigi{gi} is ar trócairi ⁊ censi du·bir-siu forunni siu innahí fo·daimem ré techt innúnn.
- He who will know the power of the punishment which you sg inflict by means of wrath, it is he who will see that it is for the sake of mercy and gentleness that you inflict on us here the things that we suffer before going there.
- 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. 111c13
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | londas | — | — |
| vocative | londas | — | — |
| accusative | londasN | — | — |
| genitive | londassoH, londassaH | — | — |
| dative | londasL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
- Middle Irish: lonnus
- Irish: lonnas
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| londas also llondas in h-prothesis environments |
londas pronounced with /l-/ |
londas also llondas |
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), “lonnus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language