apstal
Irish
Noun
apstal m (genitive singular apstail, nominative plural apstail)
- Alternative form of aspal (“apostle”)
Declension
Declension of apstal
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| apstal | n-apstal | hapstal | t-apstal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “apstal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- abstal, apstol
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈabstal/
Noun
apstal m
- (Christianity) apostle
- 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. 18d14
- Ní airegdu a persan-som ol·daas persan na n‑abstal olchene, ceto thoísegu i n‑iriss.
- Their persons are not more eminent than the persons of the rest of the apostles, though they are prior in faith.
- (literally, “Their person is not … than the person of …”)
- 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. 20c21
- Is dó da·gníat: maith leu indocbál apstal doib et ní fodmat ingreimm ar chroich Críst.
- It is for this they do it: they like to have the glory of apostles, and they do not endure persecution for the cross of Christ.
- 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.
- 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. 18d14
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
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| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | apstal, apstol | apstalL, apstol | apstailL, apstil |
| Vocative | apstail, apstil | apstalL, apstol | apstaluH |
| Accusative | apstalN, apstol | apstalL, apstol | apstaluH |
| Genitive | apstailL, apstil | apstal, apstol | apstalN, apstol |
| Dative | apstulL | apstalaib | apstalaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- apstalacda
- apstalda
- apstalacht
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| apstal | unchanged | n-apstal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “apstal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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