Old Irish

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Etymology

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From mór (great) +‎ col (sin).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mórchol n (genitive mórchuil)

  1. great sin
    • 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. 91a21
      Is hé forcan du·rat-som forsna mmórchol du·rigénsat a námait fris, díltud remdéicsen Dǽ desom, húare nád tarat dígail forsnahí du·rigénsat in⟨na⟩hísin frissium.
      It is the end that he has put on the great sins that his enemies have committed against him, the denial of God’s providence for him, because he has not inflicted punishment on those who have done those things to him.

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mórcholN mórcholN mórcholL, mórchola
Vocative mórcholN mórcholN mórcholL, mórchola
Accusative mórcholN mórcholN mórcholL, mórchola
Genitive mórchuilL mórchol mórcholN
Dative mórcholL mórcholaib mórcholaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Mutation of mórchol
radical lenition nasalization
mórchol
also mmórchol after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
mórchol
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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

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