aicned

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *atignitom, from *gniyeti (“to make, do”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

aicned n

inherent quality, essence, nature
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25^c5
  Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.
  It is shown that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 137^b5
  Fa·didmed aicned, acht dond·ecmaiṅg anísiu.
  Nature would have allowed it, except that this happens.
mind, spirit, feeling
disposition, character, behaviour
mind, attention, thought, intention, idea
knowledge, science

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aicned^N	aicned^N	aicned^L, aicneda
Vocative	aicned^N	aicned^N	aicned^L, aicneda
Accusative	aicned^N	aicned^N	aicned^L, aicneda
Genitive	aicnid^L	aicned	aicned^N
Dative	aicniud^L	aicnedaib	aicnedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

aicnetae

Descendants

Irish: aigne
Manx: aigney
Scottish Gaelic: aigne

Mutation

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

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

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