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Old Irish
Etymology
From ind- + samail.
Pronunciation
Noun
intamail f (genitive intamlae)
- verbal noun of in·samlathar
- imitation
- 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. 5b20
trisin intamail sin .i. combad ǽt leu buid domsa i n-iriss et duús in intamlitis- through that imitation, i.e. so that there may be jealousy with them for me to be in faith and if by chance they might imitate
- similitude, comparison
- likeness, semblance, like
- simulation, pretence
Inflection
Feminine ī-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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intamailL
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intamailL
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intamlaiH
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Vocative
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intamailL
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intamailL
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intamlaiH
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Accusative
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intamailN
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intamailL
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intamlaiH
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Genitive
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intamlaeH
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intamlaeL
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intamlaeN
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Dative
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intamailL
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intamlaib
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intamlaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of intamail
radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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intamail (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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n-intamail
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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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