Goídelc
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Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðeleg (the ancestor of Welsh Gwyddeleg (“the Irish language”)) with unexpected syncope (instead of expected *Goídlec).[1][2] See also Goídel, Welsh Gwyddel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Goídelc f
- the Old Irish language
Inflection
[edit]Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | GoídelcL | — | — |
Vocative | GoídelcL | — | — |
Accusative | GoídilcN | — | — |
Genitive | GoídilceH | — | — |
Dative | GoídilcL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
Goídelc | Goídelc pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
nGoídelc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ David Stifter, Elliott Lash, Fangzhe Qiu, Lars Nooij et al. (2017 September 10) “Proceedings of the Thurneysen Fanclub: issue 21”, in Rudolf Thurneysen (brought to you by ChronHib) page on Academia.edu[1], retrieved 2024-02-13: “At any rate, Old Irish Goídelc, a British loanword (Welsh Gwyddeleg), is already an unexpected form in that it shows an unusual syncope. It should really have been Goídlec.”
- ^ David Stifter, Aaron Griffith (2020) “Old Irish – Introduction, Part 3: Influence and Handbooks”, in Saverio Dalpedri, Götz Keydana, Stavros Skopeteas, editors, Glottothèque: Ancient Indo-European Grammars online[2], University of Göttingen, , retrieved 2024-02-13: “Old Welsh *guɨðel ‘wild one’ + glottonym *guɨðeleg > OIr. Goídel ‘Irish’, Goídelc ‘Irish language’”
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Goídelc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language