Israhél

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See also: Israhel

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Isrāhēl, Isrāēl, from Koine Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Israhél m (indeclinable)

  1. Israel (the region; the ancient kingdom; the Jews taken collectively)
    • 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. 33a15
      Fomnid-si, a phopul núíednissi, ar ce dud·rónath ní di maith fri maccu Israhél
      Take heed, O people of the New Testament, for although some good has been done to the children of Israel

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: Iosrael
  • Manx: Israel
  • Scottish Gaelic: Iosrael

Mutation

Mutation of Israhél
radical lenition nasalization
Israhél
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged nIsrahél

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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