cammaiph

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from camm (“false”) +‎ oíb (“appearance”)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.məɸʲ/
    • (Blasse) [ˈka.mɪɸʲ]
    • (Griffith) [ˈka.mɨɸʲ]
  • (possibly) IPA(key): /ˈka.maːi̯ɸ/

Thurneysen suggests that the word is “probably to be read with ‑aí‑”, i.e. pronounced [ˈkamaːi̯ɸʲ], based on his proposed etymology. However, it is apparently never written with an acute accent, either in Old Irish or in Middle Irish texts, rendering the pronunciation [ˈkamɨɸʲ] more likely.

Adverb

cammaiph

  1. however

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cammaiph
radical lenition nasalization
cammaiph chammaiph cammaiph
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 907, page 560; reprinted 2017

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