mórálus
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- mórólus
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmoːraːlus]
Note: This word is never written with acute accents in manuscripts. The long vowels are assumed on the basis of the Latin etymon mōrālis; however, the modern Irish cognates morálta, moráltach etc. have a short o, so it possible the o was already short in Old Irish. DIL standardizes the spelling as morálus[1] while Strachan standardizes it as mórálus.[2]
Noun
mórálus m (genitive mórálusa)
- morality
- 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. 14d10
- Is samlid léicfimmi-ni doïbsom aisndís dint ṡéns ⁊ din mórálus, manip écóir frisin stoir ad·fíadam-ni.
- It is thus we shall leave to them the exposition of the sense and the morality, if it is not at variance with the history that we relate.
- 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. 14d10
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mórálus | — | — |
| vocative | mórálus | — | — |
| accusative | mórálusN | — | — |
| genitive | mórálusoH, mórálusaH | — | — |
| dative | mórálusL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| mórálus also mmórálus in h-prothesis environments |
mórálus pronounced with /β̃-/ |
mórálus also mmórálus |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “morálus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Strachan, John (1949) Osborn Bergin, editor, Old-Irish Paradigms and Selections from the Old-Irish Glosses, fourth edition, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN, page 195