mídénum
Old Irish
Etymology
From mí- (“bad, un-”) + dénum (“deed”).
Noun
mídénum m (genitive mídénma)
- misdeed, wrongdoing
- 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. 71b9
- .i. trí mídenum frium
- i.e. through doing evil to 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. 71b9
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mídénum | mídénumL | mídénmae |
| vocative | mídénum | mídénumL | mídénmu |
| accusative | mídénumN | mídénumL | mídénmu |
| genitive | mídénmoH, mídénmaH | mídénmo, mídénma | mídénmaeN |
| dative | mídénumL | mídénmaib | mídénmaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| mídénum also mmídénum in h-prothesis environments |
mídénum pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/ |
mídénum also mmídénum |
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