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Old Irish
Etymology
From uss- + Proto-Celtic -boudom.
Pronunciation
Noun
opad n
- verbal noun of as·boind: refusal
- c. 850, Carlsruhe Glosses on St Augustine’s Soliloquia, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, pp. 1–9, Acr. 1a1
.i. opad fidei trinitatis- that is, rejection of the faith of the Trinity
- 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. 90b4
nícon·talla obbad fair itir- it does not admit of refusal at all
Inflection
The gender is listed as masculine in DIL, but it at the same time labels the related and similarly formed apad (“proclamation”) as a neuter o-stem. Since they are formed like a root-based neuter o-stem verbal noun, they probably both are.
Neuter o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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opadN
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Vocative
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opadN
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Accusative
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opadN
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Genitive
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opaidL
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Dative
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opadL
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Lenition |
Nasalization
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opad (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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n-opad
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Deverbal from opadać.
Pronunciation
Noun
opad m inan (related adjective opadowy)
- (chiefly in the plural) precipitation
- opady deszczu ― rainfall
- opady śniegu ― snowfall
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- opad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- opad in Polish dictionaries at PWN