Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin testimōnium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtʲesʲtʲiβ̃ʲinʲ]

Noun

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testimin m or f

  1. testimony
  2. text, passage (of scripture)
    • 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. 38c3
      Ní hé apstal cita·rogab in testimin so. Aliter: Ní fou da·uc int apstal fon chéill fuand·rogab in fáith.
      It is not (the) apostle who first uttered this text. Otherwise: The apostle did not apply it in the sense in which the prophet uttered it.

Declension

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Indeclinable in the singular; declined as an ī-stem in the plural.

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative testiminL testiminL testimniH
Vocative testiminL testiminL testimniH
Accusative testiminN testiminL testimniH
Genitive testiminH testiminL testimneN
Dative testiminL testimnib testimnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Mutation of testimin
radical lenition nasalization
testimin thestimin testimin
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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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