coimdiu
Old Irish
Etymology
From *kommedūs, an agent noun to the verb con·midethar (“to rule”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoṽʲðʲu/
Noun
coimdiu m (genitive coimded)
- lord, master
- Synonym: tigerna
- 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. 27c9
- Níbo in tain no·mbeid ar súil tantum do·gneith toil far coimded.
- It must not be when you pl are seen (by him) only that you do your master’s will.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 65d13
- .i. co n-eperthae as comdiu dia rígain in rí.
- And it should be said that the king is a master to his queen.
- (Christianity) the Lord
Declension
| Masculine t-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | coimdiu | coimdidL, coimdiu | coimdid |
| Vocative | coimdiu | coimdidL, coimdiu | coimdeda |
| Accusative | coimdidN | coimdidL, coimdiu | coimdeda |
| Genitive | coimded | coimded | coimdedN |
| Dative | coimdidL | coimdedaib | coimdedaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- coimdemnacht, coimdinecht
- coimdemnigidir
Descendants
- Irish: Coimdhe, Coimhdhe
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| coimdiu | choimdiu | coimdiu pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 482
Further reading
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 102
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coimdiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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