íarmue

Old Irish

Etymology

From íarm- (after) + aue (grandson, descendant).

Noun

íarmue m (nominative plural íarmui)

  1. great-grandson

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative íarmue íarmueL íarmuiL
Vocative íarmui íarmueL íarmuu
Accusative íarmueN íarmueL íarmuuH
Genitive íarmuiL íarmueL íarmueN
Dative íarmuuL íarmuib íarmuib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: íarmúa, íarmó
    • Scottish Gaelic: iar-ogha (with prefix leveling)

Mutation

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

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