mórchol
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom mór (“great”) + col (“sin”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmórchol n (genitive mórchuil)
- 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.
- 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
Inflection
editNeuter o-stem | |||
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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:
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Mutation
editradical | lenition | nasalization |
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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.