testimin

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • testemin

Etymology

From Latin testimōnium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtʲesʲtʲiṽʲinʲ]

Noun

testimin m or f

  1. testimony
  2. text, passage (of scripture)
    • 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.

Declension

Indeclinable in the singular; declined as an ī-stem in the plural.

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative testiminL testiminL testimniH
Vocative testiminL testiminL testimniH
Accusative testiminN testiminL testimniH
Genitive testiminH testiminL testimneN
Dative testiminL testimnib testimnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
testimin thestimin testimin
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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