felsub

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Latin philosophus, ultimately from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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felsub m

  1. philosopher
    • 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. 27a10
      Ar is he besad felsub, etarcert di dúlib et saigid forru et neb-chretem a n-ad·[f]iadar di Crist.
      For this is [the] use for philosophers, to dissertate concerning the elements, and to dispute over them, and not to believe what is declared of Christ.

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative felsub felsubL felsuibL
Vocative felsuib felsubL felsubuH
Accusative felsubN felsubL felsubuH
Genitive felsuibL felsub felsubN
Dative felsubL felsubaib felsubaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: fellsam

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
felsub ḟelsub felsub
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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