ammait

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Old Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

ammait f (genitive ammaite, nominative plural ammaiti)

  1. woman with supernatural powers, witch, hag, spectre
  2. foolish woman

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ammaitL ammaitL ammaitiH
Vocative ammaitL ammaitL ammaitiH
Accusative ammaitiN ammaitL ammaitiH
Genitive ammaiteH ammaiteL ammaiteN
Dative ammaitiL ammaitib ammaitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

  • (woman with supernatural powers): bandraí

Descendants

  • Irish: amaid
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: amaidecht
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: *ammatán

Mutation

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

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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