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Old Irish
Etymology
From cét- (“first”) + aín (“fasting”), literally “first fast”.
Pronunciation
Noun
cétaín f (genitive cétaíne)
- Wednesday
- 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. 113d3
.i. dia cétaíne ro·gabad in salm-so.- i.e. on a Wednesday that this psalm was sung.
- Trecheng Breth Féne, published in The Triads of Ireland (1906, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, §216
Trí banláe: lúan, Máirt, cétain.- Three woman-days: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Inflection
| Feminine ī-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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cétaínL
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cétaínL
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cétaíniH
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| Vocative
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cétaínL
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cétaínL
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cétaíniH
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| Accusative
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cétaínN
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cétaínL
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cétaíniH
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| Genitive
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cétaíneH
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cétaíneL
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cétaíneN
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| Dative
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cétaínL
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cétaínib
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cétaínib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of cétaín
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| cétaín
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chétaín
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cétaín
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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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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