aiccend

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈakʲen͈d]

Noun

aiccend m (genitive aiccind, nominative plural aiccind)

  1. (grammar) accent
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 26a6
      ɔ eperthae cía aiccent ⁊ cisí aimser derb thechtas
      so that it might be said what accent and what certain time it has

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative aiccend aiccendL aiccindL
vocative aiccind aiccendL aiccenduH
accusative aiccendN aiccendL aiccenduH
genitive aiccindL aiccend aiccendN
dative aiccendL aiccendaib aiccendaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: aiceann
  • Scottish Gaelic: aicinn

Mutation

Mutation of aiccend
radical lenition nasalization
aiccend
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 aiccend n-aiccend

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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