meinistir
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- menstir
Etymology
From Latin ministerium.
Noun
meinistir f (genitive meinistri, nominative plural meinistri)
- reliquary
- c. 810, Biblical Glosses in the Book Armagh, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 494–98, Ardm. 18a2
- Du·bbert Pátricc cumtach du Fiacc, idon clocc ⁊ menstir ⁊ bachall ⁊ poolire.
- Patrick gave Fiacc a case [containing] a bell, a reliquary, a crozier, and a writing tablet.
- c. 810, Biblical Glosses in the Book Armagh, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 494–98, Ardm. 18a2
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | meinistirL | meinistirL | meinistriH |
| vocative | meinistirL | meinistirL | meinistriH |
| accusative | meinistriN | meinistirL | meinistriH |
| genitive | meinistreH | meinistreL | meinistreN |
| dative | meinistriL | meinistrib | meinistrib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
- Middle Irish: meinistir
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| meinistir also mmeinistir in h-prothesis environments |
meinistir pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/ |
meinistir also mmeinistir |
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), “meinistir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language