ongad

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoŋ.ɡəð/
    • (Blasse) [ˈoŋ.ɡað]
    • (Griffith) [ˈoŋ.ɡəð]

Noun

ongad m

  1. verbal noun of ongaid: anointment
    • 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. 30b7
      .i. hi teste .i. in ong{r}aith ⁊ flaithemnachtae
      i.e. in the pouring forth, i.e. of the anointing and kingship

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative ongad ongadL ongaidL
vocative ongaid ongadL oingthiuH
accusative ongadN ongadL oingthiuH
genitive ongaidL ongad ongadN
dative ongadL oingthib oingthib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: ongad

Mutation

Mutation of ongad
radical lenition nasalization
ongad
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
ongad n-ongad

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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