oínfer

Old Irish

Etymology

From óen (“one”) +‎ fer (“man”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːi̯nʲer/

Noun

oínḟer m

  1. one person
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11a4
      Rethit huili, et is oínḟer gaibes búaid diib inna chomalnad.
      All run, and it is one man of them who gets victory for completing it (lit. in its completion).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: aoinfhear

Mutation

Mutation of oínfer
radical lenition nasalization
oínfer
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 oínfer n-oínfer

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

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