oisén
Old Irish
Etymology
From oss (“deer”) + -án (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
oisén m
- diminutive of oss
- fawn (baby deer)
Inflection
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
oisén (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-oisén |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oisén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language