imdibe

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Old Irish

Etymology

From imm- +‎ dí- + the root of benaid, from Proto-Celtic *binati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

Noun

imdibe n (genitive imdibi)

  1. verbal noun of imm·díben
  2. circumcision
    • 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. 2c10
      ní dunaib hí fo·daimet a n‑imdibe colnide tantum mani comolnatar a n‑imdibe rúnde uitiorum
      not to those who suffer the carnal circumcision only unless they fulfill the mystical circumcision of vices
    • 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. 18d9
      .i. a·taat di chétbuid híc: imdibe Tit ɫ. a neb-imdibe […]
      i.e. there are two senses here: the circumcision of Titus or his non-circumcision

Declension

Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative imdibeN — —
Vocative imdibeN — —
Accusative imdibeN — —
Genitive imdibiL — —
Dative imdibiuL, imdibuL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of imdibe
radical lenition nasalization
imdibe
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-imdibe

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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