tinfed

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Maltese[edit]

Verb[edit]

tinfed

  1. inflection of nifed:
    1. second-person singular imperfect
    2. third-person feminine singular imperfect

Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tinfed n

  1. verbal noun of do·infet
  2. (linguistics) lenition
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
      Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
      Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.

Declension[edit]

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tinfedN
Vocative tinfedN
Accusative tinfedN
Genitive tinfidL
Dative tinfedL, tinfiud
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tinfed thinfed tinfed
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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