imdibe
Old Irish
Etymology
From imm- + dí- + the root of benaid, from Proto-Celtic *binati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈimʲðʲivʲe/
Noun
imdibe n (genitive imdibi)
- verbal noun of imm·díben
- circumcision
- 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. 2c10
- ní dunaib hí fo·daimet a n‑imdibe colnide tantum mani comolnatar a n‑imdibe rúnde uitiorum
- not to those who suffer the carnal circumcision only unless they fulfill the mystical circumcision of vices
- 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. 2c10
Declension
| Neuter io-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | imdibe | — | — |
| Vocative | imdibi | — | — |
| Accusative | imdibe | — | — |
| Genitive | imdibiL | — | — |
| Dative | imdibiuL, imdibuL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| imdibe | unchanged | n-imdibe |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “imdibe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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