aisndís

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈasʲ.n͈ʲdʲiːsʲ]

Noun

aisndís f (genitive aisndísen, nominative plural aisndísin)

1. verbal noun of as·indet (“to say, tell, declare”)
2. exposition, statement

Inflection

The dative singular, and irregularly also the accusative singular forms are solely attested with no ending, and are thus identical to the nominative singular.

Feminine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aisndís	aisndísinL, aisndísN	aisndísin
Vocative	aisndís	aisndísinL, aisndísN	aisndísneaH
Accusative	aisndísinN, aisndísN	aisndísinL, aisndísN	aisndísneaH
Genitive	aisndísen	aisndísenL	aisndísenN
Dative	aisndísinL, aisndísL	aisndísnib	aisndísnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

• 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. 14^d3

  cid écen aisndís do neuch as doruid co léir, ní sechmalfaider cuimre and dano

  though it is necessary to explain carefully whatever is difficult, however brevity will not be passed by

• 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. 14^d10

  Is samlid léicfimmi-ni doïbsom aisndís dint ṡéns ⁊ din mórálus, manip écóir frisin stoir ad·fíadam-ni.

  It is thus we shall leave to them the exposition of the sense and the morality, if it is not at variance with the history that we relate.

• 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. 40^b8

  cach la céin aisndís dïa thrógai, in céin n-aili aisṅdís dind ḟortacht du·rat Día dó ⁊ indas dund·rét

  at the one time a statement of his misery, at another time a statement of the help that God has given him and how he has protected him

• 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. 64^d2

  .i. ní comadas du aisndís inna mmar-aisndisen-so acht in spirut noib.

  i.e. It is not appropriate for anyone but the Holy Spirit to declare this great declaration.

• c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 19

  ...aisndéis rét remthechtach íarna forpthigud.

  ...a telling of previous events after they were fulfilled.

Descendants

• Middle Irish: aisnéis
  • Irish: faisnéis

Mutation

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

Further reading

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