osnad

Old Irish

Etymology

From uss- +‎ anad (“staying”).

Noun

osnad f

1. sigh, groan

Declension

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	osnadL	osnaidL	osnadaH
vocative	osnadL	osnaidL	osnadaH
accusative	osnaidN	osnaidL	osnadaH
genitive	osnaideH	osnadL	osnadN
dative	osnaidL	osnadaib	osnadaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Derived terms

• fúasnad

Descendants

• Irish: osna
• Manx: osney
• Scottish Gaelic: osna

Mutation

Mutation of osnad

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

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), “osnad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language