abstanit

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin abstinentia.

Noun

abstanit f

  1. abstinence
    • 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. 6b17
      .i. níbí sain-láa la suidib, act is abstanit doib semper.
      i.e. they are not wont to have a particular day, but it is abstinence for them always.
    • 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. 6c13
      .i. lobrigthir á abstanit.
      i.e. his abstinence is weakened.
    • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 18, pages 115-179:
      Ní·fil ní do·gné dune dar cend indtí ad·bail nad cobair dó, etir figill ⁊ abstanit ⁊ gabail n-ecnairci ⁊ almsanae ⁊ bendachtae menci.
      There is nothing that a man does on behalf of one that dies that does not help him, whether it be vigil or abstinence, or reciting intercessory prayers or almsgiving, or frequent benediction.

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative abstanitL — —
Vocative abstanitL — —
Accusative abstanitN — —
Genitive abstaniteH — —
Dative abstanitL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: abstanaid

Mutation

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

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

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