nephchomtetarrachte

Old Irish

Etymology

neph- +‎ comthetarrachtae (past participle of con·tetarrat (to comprehend))

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈn͈ʲeɸxoβ̃ʲθʲedar͈axtɘ]

Adjective

nephchomtetarrachte

  1. incomprehensible
    • 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. 55d11
      Amal du·berad nech hi ceist do Dauid: “Húare is móir sléb fírinne Dǽ, cid ara fodmai-siu, ⟨a⟩ Dauid, didiu a ndu imnedaib ⁊ frithoircnib fo·daimi? Air it fírían-⟨s⟩u.” Ícaid-som didiu anísin, a n‑as·mbeir iudicia Domini abisus multa .i. ataat mesai Dǽ nephchomtetarrachti amal abis ⁊ amal fudumain. Is ed in sin fod·era in n‑erígim, cid ara fodaim int aís fírían inna fochaidi, ⁊ cid ara mbiat in pecthaig isnaib soinmechaib.
      As though someone had put as a question to David: “Because God’s righteousness is as great as a mountain, why then, David, dost thou suffer what of afflictions and injuries thou sufferest? For thou art righteous.” He solves that then when he says “iudicia Domini abyssus multa”, i.e. there are judgments of God incomprehensible like an abyss and like a depth. That is what causes the complaint why the righteous folk endure tribulations, and why sinners are in prosperity.

Declension

io/iā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative nephchomtetarrachte nephchomtetarrachte nephchomtetarrachte
vocative nephchomtetarrachti
accusative nephchomtetarrachte nephchomtetarrachti
genitive nephchomtetarrachti nephchomtetarrachte nephchomtetarrachti
dative nephchomtetarrachtiu nephchomtetarrachti nephchomtetarrachtiu
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative nephchomtetarrachti nephchomtetarrachti
vocative nephchomtetarrachti
nephchomtetarrachtiu*
accusative nephchomtetarrachti
nephchomtetarrachtiu*
genitive nephchomtetarrachte
dative nephchomtetarrachtib

* when substantivized

Mutation

Mutation of nephchomtetarrachte
radical lenition nasalization
nephchomtetarrachte
also nnephchomtetarrachte in h-prothesis environments
nephchomtetarrachte
pronounced with /nʲ-/
nephchomtetarrachte
also nnephchomtetarrachte

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.