uinnius

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *osnistū, from Proto-Celtic *osnos (compare Welsh onn) and (compare Breton onn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃es-nos (compare Russian я́сень (jásenʹ), Latin ornus).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈun͈ʲus/

Noun

uinnius f (genitive uinnsenn, nominative plural uinnsinn)

  1. ash tree

Inflection
Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative uinnius uinnsinnL uinnsinn
Vocative uinnius uinnsinnL uinnsennaH
Accusative uinnsinnN uinnsinnL uinnsennaH
Genitive uinnsenn uinnsennL uinnsennN
Dative uinnsinnL, uinniusL uinnsennaib uinnsennaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Scottish Gaelic: uinnseann
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: fuinnseóg

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