ifernn
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *ifern, from Vulgar Latin *īferna, from Latin īnfernus.
Noun
ifernn m (genitive ifirnn)
- (Christianity) hell
- 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. 13c26
- A ndechor inna corp talmande significat dechor inna pían bete donaib pecthachaib i n-ifurnn.
- The difference of earthly bodies signifies the different of the punishments that there are for the sinners in Hell.
- 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. 130b6
- .i. ni molat Dia i n-ifurnn co n-etaitis dilgud ho suidiu tri sodain.
- They do not praise God in Hell to obtain forgiveness from [Him] that way.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 41b12
- c. 886, Epistil Ísu, published in "Cáin Domnaig", Ériu Vol. 2 (1905), pp. 189-214, edited and with translations by J. G. O'Keeffe, §9
- Nach ech ríadar isin domnach, is ech tened bís i ngabul a marcaig a n-iffirn.
- Whatever horse is ridden on Sunday, it is a horse of fire that is between the thighs of its rider in Hell.
- 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. 13c26
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ifernn | — | — |
| Vocative | ifirnn | — | — |
| Accusative | ifernnN | — | — |
| Genitive | ifirnnL | — | — |
| Dative | ifurnnL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ifernn | unchanged | n-ifernn |
| 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), “ifern, ifrenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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