conson

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin cōnsona.

Pronunciation

Noun

conson f (genitive consoine, nominative plural consona)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) consonant
    • 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. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
      Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
      Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative consonL consoinL, consin consonaH, connsona
Vocative consonL consoinL, consin consonaH, connsona
Accusative consoinN, consin consoinL, consin consonaH, connsona
Genitive consoineH consonL consonN
Dative consoinL, consin consonaib consonaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: consan
  • Scottish Gaelic: consan

Mutation

Mutation of conson
radical lenition nasalization
conson chonson conson
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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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