ainb

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *an- (“un-”) +‎ *wids (root noun), literally “lacking knowledge” (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). Ainb was an irregular consonant-stem adjective during the eighth century, but by the ninth-century Milan glosses it had become an i-stem.

Adjective

ainb

  1. ignorant

Inflection

The inflection as attested in the Milan glosses was:

i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ainb ainb ainb
vocative ainb
accusative ainb ainb
genitive ainb ainbe ainb
dative ainb ainb ainb
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative ainbi ainbi
vocative ainbi
accusative ainbi
genitive ainb*
ainbe
dative ainbib

*not when substantivized

However, the irregular genitive singular ainbfeth is also attested in Bretha Nemed law tracts. It has also appeared, corrupted, in the form anfeich.

Mutation

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

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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