ammait
Old Irish
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editammait f (genitive ammaite, nominative plural ammaiti)
- woman with supernatural powers, witch, hag, spectre
- foolish woman
Inflection
editFeminine ī-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ammaitL | ammaitL | ammaitiH |
Vocative | ammaitL | ammaitL | ammaitiH |
Accusative | ammaitiN | ammaitL | ammaitiH |
Genitive | ammaiteH | ammaiteL | ammaiteN |
Dative | ammaitiL | ammaitib | ammaitib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Synonyms
edit- (woman with supernatural powers): bandraí
Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ammait (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-ammait |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ammait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language