núíadnisse

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From nuae (new) +‎ fíadnisse (testimony). Calque of Latin Novum Testamentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

núíadnisse m (genitive núíadnissi)

  1. New Testament
    • 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. 26a8
      Seiss i tempul amal do·n-essid Críst; ꝉ do·géntar aidchumtach tempuil less, et pridchibid smactu rechto fetarlicce, et gébtit Iudei i n-apid, et ɔ·scéra rect núíadnissi.
      He will sit in the temple as Christ sat; or rebuilding of the temple will be done by him, and he will preach the institutes of the law of the Old Testament, and the Jews will accept him as lord, and he will destroy the law of the New Testament.
    • 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. 33a15
      Fomnid-si, a phopul núíednissi, ar ce dud·rónath ní di maith fri maccu Israhél…
      Take heed, O people of the New Testament, for although some good has been done to the children of Israel…
    • 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. 24d24
      Ro·légsat canóin f⟨e⟩tarlaici ⁊ núḟíadnissi amal runda·légsam-ni, acht ronda·saíbset-som tantum.
      They have read the canon of the Old Testament and of the New Testament as we have read it, except only that they have perverted it.

Declension

Masculine io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative núíadnisse
vocative núíadnissi
accusative núíadnisseN
genitive núíadnissiL, núíednissiL
dative núíadnissiuL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of núíadnisse
radical lenition nasalization
núíadnisse
also nnúíadnisse after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
núíadnisse
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.

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