fíadu
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wēdwūs, from *weyd- (“to know”) + *-wōs (stative participle suffix). The n-stem inflection is secondary.[1]
Inflection
| Masculine n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | fíadu | fíadainL | fíadain |
| Vocative | fíadu | fíadainL | fíadnaH |
| Accusative | fíadainN | fíadainL | fíadnaH |
| Genitive | fíadan | fíadanL | fíadanN |
| Dative | fíadainL, fíaduL | fíadnaib | fíadnaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Related terms
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fíadu | ḟíadu | fíadu pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- 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
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 fíada”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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