óenach

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From óen (one) +‎ ag- (to celebrate), literally celebrating as one.[1]

Noun

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óenach n

  1. a gathering to play games, races or contests

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative óenachN óenachN óenachL, óenacha
Vocative óenachN óenachN óenachL, óenacha
Accusative óenachN óenachN óenachL, óenacha
Genitive óenaigL óenach óenachN
Dative óenachL óenachaib óenachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: óenach

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
óenach
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-óenach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Uhlich, Jurgen (2002) “Verbal governing compounds (synthetics) in Early Irish and other Celtic languages”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 100, number 3, Wiley, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 403–433

Further reading

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