uide

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸodyom, from Proto-Indo-European *podyom, from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step”). Related to Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “little foot”), Latin podium (“pedestal, base, balcony”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈuðʲe]

Noun

uide n

  1. journey, march
  2. distance
    ude tri lá ― distance of a (journey of) three days
  3. end, goal

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative uideN uideL uideL
vocative uideN uideL uideL
accusative uideN uideL uideL
genitive uidiL uideL uideN
dative uidiuL uidib uidib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • uidech

Descendants

  • Irish: uidhe

Mutation

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

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

References

  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*ped-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 529
  2. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page U-17

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