imdae
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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
imbed (“a large quantity”) + -de.
Adjective
imdae (comparative imdu)
Inflection
io/iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | imdae | imdae | imdae |
Vocative | imdai | ||
Accusative | imdae | imdai | |
Genitive | imdai | imdae | imdai |
Dative | imdu | imdai | imdu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | imdai | imdai | |
Vocative | imdai imdu* | ||
Accusative | imdai imdu* | ||
Genitive | imdae | ||
Dative | imdaib | ||
Notes | * when substantivized |
Alternative forms
Descendants
Etymology 2
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Noun
imdae f (genitive imdae or imdad)
Inflection
Feminine iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | imdaeL | imdaiL | imdai |
Vocative | imdaeL | imdaiL | imdai |
Accusative | imdaiN | imdaiL | imdai |
Genitive | imdae | imdaeL | imdaeN |
Dative | imdaiL | imdaib | imdaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Feminine t-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | imdae | imdaidL, imdae | imdaid |
Vocative | imdae | imdaidL, imdae | imdada |
Accusative | imdaidN | imdaidL, imdae | imdada |
Genitive | imdad | imdad | imdadN |
Dative | imdaidL | imdadaib | imdadaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Synonyms
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
imdae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-imdae |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 imdae ‘many’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 imdae ‘compartment’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language