nephchomtetarrachte

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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neph- +‎ comthetarrachtae (past participle of con·tetarrat (to comprehend))

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈn͈ʲeɸxoβ̃ʲθʲedar͈axtɘ]

Adjective

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nephchomtetarrachte

  1. incomprehensible
    • 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. 55d11
      Amal du·berad nech hi ceist do Dauid: “Húare is móir sléb fírinne Dǽ, cid ara fodmai-siu, ⟨a⟩ Dauid, didiu a ndu imnedaib ⁊ frithoircnib fo·daimi? Air it fírían-⟨s⟩u.” Ícaid-som didiu anísin, a n‑as·mbeir iudicia Domini abisus multa .i. ataat mesai Dǽ nephchomtetarrachti amal abis ⁊ amal fudumain. Is ed in sin fod·era in n‑erígim, cid ara fodaim int aís fírían inna fochaidi, ⁊ cid ara mbiat in pecthaig isnaib soinmechaib.
      As though someone had put as a question to David: “Because God’s righteousness is as great as a mountain, why then, David, dost thou suffer what of afflictions and injuries thou sufferest? For thou art righteous.” He solves that then when he says “iudicia Domini abyssus multa”, i.e. there are judgments of God incomprehensible like an abyss and like a depth. That is what causes the complaint why the righteous folk endure tribulations, and why sinners are in prosperity.

Declension

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io/iā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nephchomtetarrachte nephchomtetarrachte nephchomtetarrachte
Vocative nephchomtetarrachti
Accusative nephchomtetarrachte nephchomtetarrachti
Genitive nephchomtetarrachti nephchomtetarrachte nephchomtetarrachti
Dative nephchomtetarrachtiu nephchomtetarrachti nephchomtetarrachtiu
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative nephchomtetarrachti nephchomtetarrachti
Vocative nephchomtetarrachti
nephchomtetarrachtiu*
Accusative nephchomtetarrachti
nephchomtetarrachtiu*
Genitive nephchomtetarrachte
Dative nephchomtetarrachtib
Notes * when substantivized

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
nephchomtetarrachte
also nnephchomtetarrachte after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
nephchomtetarrachte
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.