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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kolanis, from Proto-Indo-European *kel(H)-, whence also Proto-Germanic *huldą (“corpse, carcass”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
colinn f (genitive colno, nominative plural colnai)
- the body
- flesh
- corpse
- carcass
Inflection
| Feminine i-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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colinn
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colinnL
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colnaiH
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| Vocative
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colinn
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colinnL
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colnaiH
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| Accusative
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colinnN
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colinnL
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colnaiH
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| Genitive
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colnoH, colnaH
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colnoH, colnaH
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colnaeN
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| Dative
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colinnL
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colnaib
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colnaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| colinn
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cholinn
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colinn
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 95
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