intamail

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Old Irish

Etymology

From ind- +‎ samail.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈin͈.tə.β̃əlʲ/,

Noun

intamail f (genitive intamlae)

  1. verbal noun of in·samlathar
  2. 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
  3. similitude, comparison
  4. likeness, semblance, like
  5. simulation, pretence

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative intamailL intamailL intamlaiH
Vocative intamailL intamailL intamlaiH
Accusative intamailN intamailL intamlaiH
Genitive intamlaeH intamlaeL intamlaeN
Dative intamailL intamlaib intamlaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: iontamhail

Mutation

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

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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