felsub

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin philosophus, ultimately from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).

Pronunciation

Noun

felsub m

  1. philosopher
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27a10
      Ar is he besad felsub, etarcert di dúlib et saigid forru et neb-chretem a n-ad·[f]iadar di Crist.
      For this is use for philosophers, to dissertate concerning the elements, and to dispute over them, and not to believe what is declared of Christ.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative felsub felsubL felsuibL
Vocative felsuib felsubL felsubuH
Accusative felsubN felsubL felsubuH
Genitive felsuibL felsub felsubN
Dative felsubL felsubaib felsubaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: fellsam

Mutation

Mutation of felsub
radical lenition nasalization
felsub ḟelsub felsub
pronounced with /β(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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