énartae
Old Irish
Etymology
From énairt (“weak”) (from ess- (“non-”) + nert (“strength”)) + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeː.nər.t̪e/
- (Blasse) [ˈeː.nar.t̪e]
- (Griffith) [ˈeː.nər.t̪e]
Noun
énartae f
- weakness
- 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 and didiu for·téit spiritus ar n-énirti-ni in tain bes n-inun accobor lenn .i. la corp et anim et la spirut.
- So it is then that the spirit helps our weakness when we have the same desire, i.e. body and soul and spirit.
- 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
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | énartaeL | énartaiL | énartai |
| vocative | énartaeL | énartaiL | énartai |
| accusative | énartaiN | énartaiL | énartai |
| genitive | énartae | énartaeL | énartaeN |
| dative | énartaiL | énartaib | énartaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | énirteL | — | — |
| vocative | énirteL | — | — |
| accusative | énirtiN | — | — |
| genitive | énirte | — | — |
| dative | énirtiL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
- Irish: éinirte
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| énartae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
énartae | n-énartae |
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), “énirte, énarte, inirte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language