neph-

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Prefix

neph-

  1. not, non-, un-
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 7b9
      .i. a n-dliged n-ísin neph-accomoil ina teora lit i [n-]oen-sil
      i.e. that law of not joining three letters in one syllable
    • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 323:
      "Do·géna nephthecht dia cungid. Ní thaibrea th'anmain forru," ol sí.
      You shall not go seek them. You wouldn't give your life for them," she said.

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with neph-

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: nem-
    • Irish: neamh-
    • Manx: neu-
    • Scottish Gaelic: neo-

Mutation

Mutation of neph-
radical lenition nasalization
neph-
also nneph- after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		neph-
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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