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Old Irish
Etymology
From mór (“great”) + col (“sin”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mórchol n (genitive mórchuil)
- great sin
- 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. 91a21
Is hé forcan du·rat-som forsna mmórchol du·rigénsat a námait fris, díltud remdéicsen Dǽ desom, húare nád tarat dígail forsnahí du·rigénsat in⟨na⟩hísin frissium.- It is the end that he has put on the great sins that his enemies have committed against him, the denial of God’s providence for him, because he has not inflicted punishment on those who have done those things to him.
Inflection
Neuter o-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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mórcholN
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mórcholN
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mórcholL, mórchola
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Vocative
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mórcholN
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mórcholN
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mórcholL, mórchola
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Accusative
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mórcholN
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mórcholN
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mórcholL, mórchola
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Genitive
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mórchuilL
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mórchol
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mórcholN
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Dative
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mórcholL
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mórcholaib
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mórcholaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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mórchol also mmórchol after a proclitic ending in a vowel
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mórchol pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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