soinmech

See also: sóinmech

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• sóinmech

Etymology

From so- (“good”) +‎ *indme (“wealth”) (attested first in Middle Irish inme) + -ech. The noun is a substantivization of the adjective.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈso(ː)nʲṽʲex]

Attested with both short o and long ó up to the modern day.

Adjective

soinmech

1. prosperous

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	soinmech	soinmech	soinmech
Vocative	soinmig* soinmech**
Accusative	soinmech	soinmig
Genitive	soinmig	soinmige	soinmig
Dative	soinmiuch	soinmig	soinmiuch
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	soinmig	soinmecha
Vocative	soinmechu soinmecha†
Accusative	soinmechu soinmecha†
Genitive	soinmech
Dative	soinmechaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Derived terms

• sóinmige

Noun

soinmech n (genitive soinmig, nominative plural soinmecha)

1. prosperity (also in the plural without a change in meaning)
   • 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. 55^d11

     Amal du·berad nech hi ceist do Dauid: “Húare is móir sléb fírinne Dǽ, cid ara fodmai-siu, ⟨a⟩ Dauid, didiu a ndu imnedaib ⁊ frithoircnib fo·daimi? Air it fírían-⟨s⟩u.” Ícaid-som didiu anísin, a n‑as·mbeir iudicia Domini abisus multa .i. ataat mesai Dǽ nephchomtetarrachti amal abis ⁊ amal fudumain. Is ed in sin fod·era in n‑erígim, cid ara fodaim int aís fírían inna fochaidi, ⁊ cid ara mbiat in pecthaig isnaib soinmechaib.

     As though someone had put as a question to David: “Because God’s righteousness is as great as a mountain, why then, David, dost thou suffer what of afflictions and injuries thou sufferest? For thou art righteous.” He solves that then when he says “iudicia Domini abyssus multa”, i.e. there are judgments of God incomprehensible like an abyss and like a depth. That is what causes the complaint why the righteous folk endure tribulations, and why sinners are in prosperity.

   • 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. 56^b15

     Ar chuingid inna sóinmech i mbïat ind ingoir, as·berat-som nád ndignet inna degnímu, húare is hi fochaidib bíthir hi suidib, ⁊ du·ngénat immurgu inna du⟨á⟩lchi, air is sóinmige ad·chotar tri sui{i}dib.

     Because of seeking the prosperity in which the impious are, they say that they will not do the good deeds, since it is in tribulations that one is in regard to these [good deeds], and that, however, they will engage in (lit. “do”) the vices, for it is prosperity that is obtained through these [vices].

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	soinmechN	soinmechN	soinmechL, soinmecha
Vocative	soinmechN	soinmechN	soinmechL, soinmecha
Accusative	soinmechN	soinmechN	soinmechL, soinmecha
Genitive	soinmigL	soinmech	soinmechN
Dative	soinmechL	soinmechaib	soinmechaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: soinmheach, sóinmheach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
soinmech	ṡoinmech	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 soinmech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language