duálaig

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Old Irish

Etymology

From do- (bad) +‎ álaig (habit).

Pronunciation

Noun

duálaig f (genitive duálchae, nominative plural duálchi)

  1. vice
    Antonym: suálaig
    • 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. 56b15
      Ar chuingid inna sóinmech i mbïat ind ingoir, as·berat-som nád ndignet inna degnímu, húare is hi fochaidib bíthir hi suidib, ⁊ du·ngénat immurgu inna du⟨á⟩lchi, air is sóinmige ad·chotar tri sui{i}dib.
      Because of seeking the prosperity in which the impious are, they say that they will not do the good deeds, since it is in tribulations that one is in regard to these , and that, however, they will engage in (lit. do) the vices, for it is prosperity that is obtained through these .

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative duálaigL duálaigL duálchiH
Vocative duálaigL duálaigL duálchiH
Accusative duálaigN duálaigL duálchiH
Genitive duálchaeH duálchaeL duálchaeN
Dative duálaigL duálchaib, duálchib duálchaib, duálchib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: duálaig

Mutation

Mutation of duálaig
radical lenition nasalization
duálaig duálaig
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
nduálaig

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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