tothaimm

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *to-tudsman, from *to- +‎ *tud- +‎ *-sman.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoθəmʲ/

Noun

tothaimm n

  1. verbal noun of do·tuit: falling

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative tothaimmN tothaimmN tothmanL
vocative tothaimmN tothaimmN tothmanL
accusative tothaimmN tothaimmN tothmanL
genitive tothmae tothmanN tothmanN
dative tothmaimL tothmanaib tothmanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: tuitimm (with root replaced by that of the verb)

Mutation

Mutation of tothaimm
radical lenition nasalization
tothaimm thothaimm tothaimm
pronounced with /d-/

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

References

  1. ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of N-stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 115

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