aicsiu

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *adkʷissiyū, verbal noun of *adkʷiseti with the suffix *-tiyū.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈakʲsʲu]

Noun

aicsiu f (genitive aicsen)

  1. verbal noun of ad·cí

Declension

Feminine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative aicsiu
vocative aicsiu
accusative aicsinN
genitive aicsen
dative aicsinL, aicsiuL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Classical Gaelic: faigsin, faicsin
    • Irish: feiscint

Mutation

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

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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