rámae
Old Irish
FWOTD – 7 January 2023
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *rāmyos (“oar”), (compare Welsh rhaw, Cornish rev, Middle Breton reuf (“shovel”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈr͈aːβ̃e/, [ˈr͈aːβ̃ɘ]
Noun
rámae m (genitive rámai)
- oar
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 36a7
- cét rámae fuiri
- a hundred oars in it
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 36a7
- spade
- c. 700, Críth Gablach, published in Críth Gablach (1941, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited by Daniel Anthony Binchy, §40, line 532
- lorg rám(m)ai
- shaft of a spade
- c. 700, Críth Gablach, published in Críth Gablach (1941, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited by Daniel Anthony Binchy, §40, line 532
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rámae | rámaeL | rámaiL |
| vocative | rámai | rámaeL | rámu |
| accusative | rámaeN | rámaeL | rámuH |
| genitive | rámaiL | rámaeL | rámaeN |
| dative | rámuL | rámaib | rámaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| rámae also rrámae in h-prothesis environments |
rámae pronounced with /ɾ-/ |
rámae also rrámae |
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), “1 ráma, rám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language