esséirge
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- eiséirge, eisséirge, eséirge, heséirge, esérge, esǽrge, æsærge, hesséirge, essérge
Etymology
From ess- + éirge, a calque of Latin resurrectiō, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἀνάστασις (anástasis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈesʲeːrʲɣʲe]
Noun
esséirge n (genitive esséirgi)
- verbal noun of as·éirig
- resurrection
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | esséirgeN | — | — |
| vocative | esséirgeN | — | — |
| accusative | esséirgeN | — | — |
| genitive | esséirgiL | — | — |
| dative | esséirgiuL, esséirguL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Quotations
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 3c2
- tri chretim i nÍsu ꝉ isin beothu i táa Ísu íar n-esséirgu
- through belief in Jesus or in the life in which Jesus is after resurrection
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4a27
- Is hed didiu for·théit in spirut, in tain guidme-ni inducbáil dïar corp et dïar n-animm iar n-esséirgiu.
- Then the spirit helps when we pray for glory for our body and for our soul after resurrection.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13b19
- Is súaichnid, manid chretid esséirge Críst et mortuorum, níb·noíbfea for n-ires in chruth sin et níb·scara fri bar pecthu.
- It is obvious, unless you pl believe in the resurrection of Christ and the dead, your faith will not sanctify you in that way and does not separate you from your sins.
Derived terms
- comeisséirge (“co-resurrection”)
Descendants
- Irish: aiséirí
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| esséirge (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
esséirge | n-esséirge |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “es(s)éirge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language