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Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *snīs (“we”) (compare Welsh ni).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-sni
- 1st person plural emphatic suffix
See also
Old Irish emphatic suffixes
| Person |
Emphatic suffixes
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| 1 sg.
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-se, -sa
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| 2 sg.
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-siu, -so, -su
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| 3 sg. m.n.
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-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
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| 3 sg. f.
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-si
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| 1 pl.
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-ni, -nai, -sni
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| 2 pl.
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-si
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| 3 pl.
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-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
|
| Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.
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