macthae
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- macdae, maccthae
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmakθe/
Adjective
macthae
- childish, juvenile
- 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. 12c9
- Ní dénim gnímu macthi.
- I do not do childish deeds.
- 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. 12c9
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| macthae also mmacthae in h-prothesis environments |
macthae pronounced with /β̃-/ |
macthae also mmacthae |
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), “mac(c)thae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language