sessam
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sistamus.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsʲesaṽ/
Noun
sessam m
- verbal noun of sissidir: standing
- standing by, defending, standing fast
- resisting, holding out, making a stand
Inflection
| Masculine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | sessam | — | — |
| Vocative | sessam | — | — |
| Accusative | sessamN | — | — |
| Genitive | sesmoH, sesmaH | — | — |
| Dative | sessamL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- fóesam
- frithteirisem
- remthairissem
- tairissem
- toísam
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| sessam | ṡessam | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 299
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sessam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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