senod

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin synodus, from Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos).

Pronunciation

Noun

senod n

  1. synod
    • Críth Gablach, published in Críth Gablach (1941, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited by Daniel Anthony Binchy, paragraph 20, line 277
      Aire coisring, cid ara n-eperr? Arindí con·srenga tuath ┐ rí ┐ senod tar cenn a chenéoil[...]
      An aire coisring , why are they called that? Because, on behalf of their kin, a kingdom, a king, and a synod oblige them...
    • c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 52
      Gabthae tí chorcrae imon ríg lasa senad co ndimbríg. Ba do genuch fo·cres sin, níbu dúthracht a chumtaig.
      The king was dressed with a purple cloak by the contemptable assembly. It was to mock him that it was put on him; it was not out of a desire to cover him up.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9c28
      .i. a senud uille tra ní·biat i n-óentu muintire nime.
      i.e. a whole synod of them, then, will not be in the unity of Heaven's household.
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Prologue, line 109; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Nóebainm Petair apstail at·sluindi cech senad, nicon fíu la credal do·rogra ainm Neran.
      The holy name of Peter the Apostle, every synod invokes it; it is not worthy of invoking the name of Nero.

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative senodN senodN senodL, senoda
Vocative senodN senodN senodL, senoda
Accusative senodN senodN senodL, senoda
Genitive *senuidL senod senodN
Dative senodL senodaib senodaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: senad

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
senod ṡenod unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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