légend
Old Irish
Etymology
From Latin legendum, gerund of legō.[1] Cognate with Breton lenn, Cornish lien, and Welsh llên (“literature”).
Noun
légend n (genitive légind)
- verbal noun of légaid
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | légendN | — | — |
| vocative | légendN | — | — |
| accusative | légendN | — | — |
| genitive | légindL | — | — |
| dative | légendL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
- Middle Irish: léigenn
- Irish: léann
- Scottish Gaelic: lèigheann
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| légend also llégend in h-prothesis environments |
légend pronounced with /lʲ-/ |
légend also llégend |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 737, page 455; reprinted 2017
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léigenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language