noídiu

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *newēdyū (“unknowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /n͈oːi̯ðiu̯/

Noun

noídiu f (genitive noíden, nominative plural noídin)

  1. infant, young child

Inflection
Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
noídiu
also nnoídiu after a proclitic		 noídiu
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/		 noídiu
also nnoídiu after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “noídiu” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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