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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gʷoni, whence also Middle Welsh gwan (“blow, stroke”), Welsh gwân.
Pronunciation
Noun
guin n (genitive gona)
- verbal noun of gonaid: wounding
- 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. 133a4
Is ansu cech todǽrnam a nguin cosind loscud .i. a nguin cosind saigit áin.- Wounding with the burning (i.e. wounding with the fiery arrow) is more grievous than any torture.
Inflection
| Neuter 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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guinN
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guinN
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guineL
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| Vocative
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guinN
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guinN
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guineL
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| Accusative
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guinN
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guinN
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guineL
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| Genitive
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gonoH, gonaH
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gonoH, gonaH
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guineN
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| Dative
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guinL
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guinib
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guinib
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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 guin
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| guin
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guin
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
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nguin
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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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