nige
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Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *nigyā.
Noun[edit]
nige f
- verbal noun of nigid: washing
- "A Fragment of Old Irish", in Ériu volume 2 (1905, Royal Irish Academy), pages 221-226, edited and with translations by Osborn J. Bergin
- Etag berar do aes tuattu, cot·étet deman co·róenastar; ⁊ ní anaich a chrothad nach a flescad, acht a nige.
- A garment which is taken from the laity, a demon accompanies it till it has been washed; and it serves not to shake it or beat it, but to wash it.
- "A Fragment of Old Irish", in Ériu volume 2 (1905, Royal Irish Academy), pages 221-226, edited and with translations by Osborn J. Bergin
Usage notes[edit]
DIL erroneously identifies this term as appearing from Middle Irish onwards. It is in fact also found in Old Irish.
Inflection[edit]
| Feminine iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | nigeL | — | — |
| Vocative | nigeL | — | — |
| Accusative | nigiN | — | — |
| Genitive | nige | — | — |
| Dative | nigiL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| nige also nnige after a proclitic |
nige pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “nige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language