réimm

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *rēdsman, from *rēd- +‎ *-sman.

Noun

réimm n

  1. verbal noun of réidid
  2. movement
  3. way, manner

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative réimmN réimmN réimmenL
Vocative réimmN réimmN réimmenL
Accusative réimmN réimmN réimmenL
Genitive réimme réimmenN réimmenN
Dative réimmimL réimmenaib réimmenaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: réim
    • Irish: réim
    • Scottish Gaelic: rèim (“power, authority, career”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
réimm
also rréimm after a proclitic 		réimm
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rēd-sman-, *rēssman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 307

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