imdae
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈimðe/
Adjective
imdae (comparative imdu)
- many, numerous
- 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. 9a12
- cit imdi far forcitlidi
- although your teachers are many
- 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. 9a12
Inflection
io/iā-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | imdae | imdae | imdae |
Vocative | imdai | ||
Accusative | imdae | imdai | |
Genitive | imdai | imdae | imdai |
Dative | imdu | imdai | imdu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | imdai | imdai | |
Vocative | imdai imdu* | ||
Accusative | imdai imdu* | ||
Genitive | imdae | ||
Dative | imdaib | ||
Notes | * when substantivized |
Alternative forms
- imda, imde
Etymology 2
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Inflection
Feminine iā-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | imdaeL | imdaiL | imdai |
Vocative | imdaeL | imdaiL | imdai |
Accusative | imdaiN | imdaiL | imdai |
Genitive | imdae | imdaeL | imdaeN |
Dative | imdaiL | imdaib | imdaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Feminine t-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | imdae | imdaidL, imdae | imdaid |
Vocative | imdae | imdaidL, imdae | imdada |
Accusative | imdaidN | imdaidL, imdae | imdada |
Genitive | imdad | imdad | imdadN |
Dative | imdaidL | imdadaib | imdadaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
imdae | unchanged | n-imdae |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 imdae ‘many’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 imdae ‘compartment’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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