noídiu

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nowēdwūs (“unknowing”), from *ne + Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). See also fíadu (from Proto-Celtic *weidwūs) for a related formation. The n-stem inflection is secondary; it is analogical to other n-stems that would also end in -ū in the nominative singular.

Pronunciation

Noun

noídiu f (genitive noíden, nominative plural noídin)

  1. infant, young child

Inflection

Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative noídiu noídinL noídin
Vocative noídiu noídinL noídenaH
Accusative noídinN noídinL noídenaH
Genitive noíden noídenL noídenN
Dative noídinL, noídiuL noídenaib noídenaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of noídiu
radical lenition nasalization
noídiu
also nnoídiu after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		noídiu
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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