aicned

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *atignitom, from *gniyeti (“to make, do”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡʲ.nʲəð/
  • (Blasse) [ˈaɡʲ.nʲeð]
  • (Griffith) [ˈaɡʲ.nʲəð]

Noun

aicned n

1. inherent quality, essence, nature
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25^c5

     Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.

     It is shown that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it

   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 137^b5

     Fa·didmed aicned, acht dond·ecmaiṅg anísiu.

     Nature would have allowed it, except that this happens.

2. mind, spirit, feeling
3. disposition, character, behaviour
4. mind, attention, thought, intention, idea
5. knowledge, science

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	aicnedN	aicnedN	aicnedL, aicneda
vocative	aicnedN	aicnedN	aicnedL, aicneda
accusative	aicnedN	aicnedN	aicnedL, aicneda
genitive	aicnidL	aicned	aicnedN
dative	aicniudL	aicnedaib	aicnedaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• aicnetae

Descendants

• Irish: aigne
• Manx: aigney
• Scottish Gaelic: aigne

Mutation

Mutation of aicned

radical	lenition	nasalization
aicned (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	aicned	n-aicned

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aicned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language