remcaisiu
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
rem- (“before”) + aicsiu (verbal noun of ad·cí (“to see”)), a calque of Latin prōvidentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈr͈ʲeβ̃kɨsʲu]
Noun
remcaisiu f (genitive remcaisen)
- providence
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 91b10
- Aní as·berinn cosse, is ed as·bǽr beus .i. derchoíniud du remcaisin Dǽ dínni ón.
- What I used to say up to now, I will say still, namely this is the despair of us for a providence of God.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 91c1
- No scrútain-se, in tan no mbíinn isnaib fochaidib, dús in retarscar cairde ṅDǽ ⁊ a remcaissiu, ⁊ ní tucus-sa insin, in ru·etarscar fa naic.
- I used to consider, when I was in the tribulations, [to see] whether the covenant of God and his providence had departed, and I didn't understand [that,] whether it had departed or not.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 91b10
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | remcaisiu, remcaissiu | — | — |
| vocative | remcaisiu, remcaissiu | — | — |
| accusative | remcaisinN, remcaissinN | — | — |
| genitive | remcaisen, remcaissen | — | — |
| dative | remcaisinL, remcaisiuL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| remcaisiu also rremcaisiu in h-prothesis environments |
remcaisiu pronounced with /ɾʲ-/ |
remcaisiu also rremcaisiu |
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), “remcaisiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 683.1, page 489