noídiu

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nowēdwūs (“unknowing”), from *ne + Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). See also fíadu (from Proto-Celtic *weidwūs) for a related formation. The n-stem inflection is secondary; it is analogical to other n-stems that would also end in -ū in the nominative singular.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [n͈oːi̯ðʲu]

Noun

noídiu f (genitive noíden, nominative plural noídin)

infant, young child

Inflection

Feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	noídiu	noídin^L	noídin
vocative	noídiu	noídin^L	noídena^H
accusative	noídin^N	noídin^L	noídena^H
genitive	noíden	noíden^L	noíden^N
dative	noídin^L, noídiu^L	noídenaib	noídenaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Derived terms

noídenacht

Descendants

Irish: naíon, naí
Scottish Gaelic: naoidhean
⇒ Middle Irish: nóedenán
- Irish: naíonán
⇒ Middle Irish: noídenda

Mutation

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

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