námae
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See also: namae
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *nāmants, traditionally said to be from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *h₂em- (“love”) (compare Latin amō), but as that verb root is not otherwise attested in Celtic, this may be a folk etymology.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
námae m (genitive námat, nominative plural námait)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:námae.
Declension[edit]
Masculine nt-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | námae | námaitL | námait |
Vocative | námae | námaitL | náimtea |
Accusative | námaitN | námaitL | náimtea |
Genitive | námat | námatL | námatN |
Dative | námaitL | náimtib | náimtib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
námae also nnámae after a proclitic |
námae pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “náma(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language