áigthiu

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • áigsiu

Etymology

From the root of ad·ágathar (Proto-Celtic *āgetor, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂ógʰe (to be upset, afraid), from *h₂egʰ-) + -thiu (from Proto-Celtic *-tiū, *-tion- from Proto-Indo-European *-ti-Hō; cognate with Latin -tiō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːɣʲθʲu/

Noun

áigthiu f

  1. verbal noun of ad·ágathar (to fear)
    • 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. 6a13
      is deidbir ha áigthiu ar is do thabirt díglae berid in claideb sin
      it is reasonable to fear him, for it is to inflict punishment that he bears that sword

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
áigthiu unchanged n-áigthiu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • áigthiu” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.