imdae
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Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
imbed (“a large quantity”) + -de.
Adjective[edit]
imdae (comparative imdu)
- many, numerous
- 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. 9a12
- cit imdi far forcitlidi
- although your teachers are many
- 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. 9a12
Inflection[edit]
io/iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | imdae | imdae | imdae |
Vocative | imdai | ||
Accusative | imdae | imdai | |
Genitive | imdai | imdae | imdai |
Dative | imdu | imdai | imdu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | imdai | imdai | |
Vocative | imdai imdu* | ||
Accusative | imdai imdu* | ||
Genitive | imdae | ||
Dative | imdaib | ||
Notes | * when substantivized |
Alternative forms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
imdae f (genitive imdae or imdad)
Inflection[edit]
Feminine iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | imdaeL | imdaiL | imdai |
Vocative | imdaeL | imdaiL | imdai |
Accusative | imdaiN | imdaiL | imdai |
Genitive | imdae | imdaeL | imdaeN |
Dative | imdaiL | imdaib | imdaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Feminine t-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | imdae | imdaidL, imdae | imdaid |
Vocative | imdae | imdaidL, imdae | imdada |
Accusative | imdaidN | imdaidL, imdae | imdada |
Genitive | imdad | imdad | imdadN |
Dative | imdaidL | imdadaib | imdadaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Synonyms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
imdae | unchanged | n-imdae |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 imdae ‘many’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 imdae ‘compartment’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language