neutur

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin neutrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

neutur n (genitive neutair, nominative plural neutur)

  1. (grammar) neuter
    • 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. 63a17
      Amal nád ṅdéni neutur dindí as Tiberis cía do·berthar flumen friss, síc ní déni neutur dindí as Suthul ci ad·comaltar oppidum friss.
      As it does not make a neuter of Tiberis that flumen is put with it, so it does not make a neuter of Suthul, that oppidum is conjoined to it.

Declension

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative neuturN, neutor neuturN, neutor neuturL, neutor, neutra
Vocative neuturN, neutor neuturN, neutor neuturL, neutor, neutra
Accusative neuturN, neutor neuturN, neutor neuturL, neutor, neutra
Genitive neutairL neutur, neutor neuturN, neutor
Dative neuturL neutraib neutraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: neodar
  • Scottish Gaelic: neodar

Mutation

Mutation of neutur
radical lenition nasalization
neutur
also nneutur after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
neutur
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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