apstal
Irish
Noun
apstal m (genitive singular apstail, nominative plural apstail)
- Alternative form of aspal (“apostle”)
Declension
Declension of apstal
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
apstal | n-apstal | hapstal | t-apstal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “apstal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
apstal m
- (Christianity) apostle
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 18d14
- Ní airegdu a persan-som ol·daas persan na n‑abstal olchene, ceto thoísegu i n‑iriss.
- Their persons are not more eminent than the persons of the rest of the apostles, though they are prior in faith.
- (literally, “Their person is not … than the person of …”)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 20c21
- Is dó da·gníat: maith leu indocbál apstal doib et ní fodmat ingreimm ar chroich Críst.
- It is for this they do it: they like to have the glory of apostles, and they do not endure persecution for the cross of Christ.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 18d14
Inflection
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | apstal, apstol | apstalL, apstol | apstailL, apstil |
Vocative | apstail, apstil | apstalL, apstol | apstaluH |
Accusative | apstalN, apstol | apstalL, apstol | apstaluH |
Genitive | apstailL, apstil | apstal, apstol | apstalN, apstol |
Dative | apstulL | apstalaib | apstalaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
apstal (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-apstal |
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), “apstal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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