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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sistamus.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
sessam m
- verbal noun of sissidir: standing
- standing by, defending, standing fast
- resisting, holding out, making a stand
Inflection
| Masculine u-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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sessam
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| Vocative
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sessam
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| Accusative
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sessamN
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| Genitive
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sesmoH, sesmaH
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| Dative
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sessamL
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of sessam
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lenition |
nasalization
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| sessam
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ṡessam
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unchanged
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 299
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