námae

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nāmants, traditionally said to be from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *h₂em- (“love”) (compare Latin amō), but as that verb root is not otherwise attested in Celtic, this may be a folk etymology.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

námae m (genitive námat, nominative plural námait)

  1. enemy

For quotations using this term, see Citations:námae.

Declension

Masculine nt-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative námae námaitL námait
Vocative námae námaitL náimtea
Accusative námaitN námaitL náimtea
Genitive námat námatL námatN
Dative námaitL náimtib náimtib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: náma
    • Irish: namhaid
    • Manx: noid
    • Scottish Gaelic: nàmhaid

Mutation

Mutation of námae
radical lenition nasalization
námae
also nnámae after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		námae
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283

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