námae

See also: namae

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nāmants, traditionally said to be from Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”) + *h₂em- (“love”) (compare Latin amō), but as that verb root is not otherwise attested in Celtic, this may be a folk etymology.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈn͈aːβ̃e/, [ˈn͈aːβ̃ɘ]

Noun

námae m (genitive námat, nominative plural námait)

enemy

For quotations using this term, see Citations:námae.

Declension

Masculine nt-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	námae	námait^L	námait
vocative	námae	námait^L	náimtea
accusative	námait^N	námait^L	náimtea
genitive	námat	námat^L	námat^N
dative	námait^L	náimtib	náimtib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

náimtide
náimtine

Descendants

Middle Irish: náma
- Irish: namhaid
- Manx: noid
- Scottish Gaelic: nàmhaid

Mutation

Mutation of *námae*
radical	lenition	nasalization
námae also nnámae in h-prothesis environments	námae pronounced with /n-/	námae also nnámae

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

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283