mí-imbert
Old Irish
Etymology
From mí- + imbert, verbal noun of imm·beir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmʲiːˌimʲbʲer͈t]
Noun
mí-imbert f
- fraud
- 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. 38a13
- hó erchellad· ꝉ. hó mí-imbirt .i. hó thogaís .i. ním·thorgaíth mo ḟrescissiu
- by deprivation or by fraud i.e. by deceit i.e. my expectation has not deceived me
- 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. 38a13
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mí-imbertL | — | — |
| vocative | mí-imbertL | — | — |
| accusative | mí-imbirtN | — | — |
| genitive | mí-imbirteH | — | — |
| dative | mí-imbirtL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| mí-imbert also mmí-imbert in h-prothesis environments |
mí-imbert pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/ |
mí-imbert also mmí-imbert |
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), “mí-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language