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

Noun

aicned n

  1. 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. 25c5
      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. 137b5
      Fa·didmed aicned, acht dond·ecmaiṅg anísiu.
      Nature would have allowed it, except that this happens.
  2. mind, spirit, feeling
  3. disposition, character, behaviour
  4. mind, attention, thought, intention, idea
  5. knowledge, science

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative aicnedN aicnedN aicnedL, aicneda
Vocative aicnedN aicnedN aicnedL, aicneda
Accusative aicnedN aicnedN aicnedL, aicneda
Genitive aicnidL aicned aicnedN
Dative aicniudL aicnedaib aicnedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: aigne
  • Manx: aigney
  • Scottish Gaelic: aigne

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
aicned
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-aicned
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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