noídenacht

Old Irish

Etymology

noídiu +‎ -acht

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈn͈oːi̯ðʲenaxt/

Noun

noídenacht f

infancy, early childhood

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	noídenacht^L	—	—
vocative	noídenacht^L	—	—
accusative	noídenacht^N	—	—
genitive	noídenachtae^H	—	—
dative	noídenacht^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: noídendacht
- Irish: naíonacht

Mutation

Mutation of *noídenacht*
radical	lenition	nasalization
noídenacht also nnoídenacht in h-prothesis environments	noídenacht pronounced with /n-/	noídenacht also nnoídenacht

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), “noídenacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language