lenamain

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

lenmain

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲenəβ̃ənʲ/,

Noun

lenamain f

verbal noun of lenaid

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lenamain^L	lenamain^L	lenamna^H
vocative	lenamain^L	lenamain^L	lenamna^H
accusative	lenamain^N	lenamain^L	lenamna^H
genitive	lenamnae^H	lenamain^L	lenamain^N
dative	lenamain^L	lenamnaib	lenamnaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of *lenamain*
radical	lenition	nasalization
lenamain also llenamain after a proclitic ending in a vowel	lenamain pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lenamain, lenmain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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