Category:Old Irish neuter io-stem nouns
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Old Irish neuter io-stem nouns.
These nouns are neuter, typically with the following endings:
- in the nominative singular: -e (-ae after an unpalatalized stem), with nasalization of the following word;
- in the genitive singular: -i (-ai after an unpalatalized stem), with lenition of the following word;
- in the nominative plural: -e (-ae after an unpalatalized stem), with lenition of the following word.
The stem classes are named from the perspective of Proto-Celtic and may not still be visible in Old Irish inflections. These nouns derive from Proto-Celtic masculine *-ios (masculine) and *-iom (neuter) endings. Originally the endings were the same as that of the o-stems, but later sound changes caused the two classes to diverge significantly.
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