tairmthechtas
Old Irish
Etymology
From tairmthecht + -as.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtarʲmʲθʲextas]
Noun
tairmthechtas m (genitive tairmthecthais)
- transition
- 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. 220a10
- A·tá tairmthechtas persan híc .i. is sain indí asid·rubart ⁊ indí frisa n-érbrath.
- There is a transition of persons here, i.e. the person who has said it and the person to whom it has been said are different.
- 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. 220a10
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tairmthechtas | — | — |
| vocative | tairmthechtais | — | — |
| accusative | tairmthechtasN | — | — |
| genitive | tairmthechtaisL | — | — |
| dative | tairmthechtusL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| tairmthechtas | thairmthechtas | tairmthechtas pronounced with /d-/ |
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), “tairmthechtas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language