abacc

abacc

Middle Irish

Etymology

    From Old Irish abacc, see there for more information.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈaβək/

    Noun

    abacc m

    1. dwarf

    Descendants

    • Irish: abhac

    Mutation

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

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

    Further reading

    Old Irish

    Etymology

      Usually associated with Middle Welsh afanc (“dwarf; beaver”), from Proto-Celtic *abankos (“beaver, dwarf”), a derivative of *abū (“river”).[1] The meaning "dwarf" also appears in Old Breton abac. However, Proto-Celtic *nk should give Goidelic /ɡ/, not /k/.

      Noun

      abacc m

      1. dwarf

      Inflection

      Masculine o-stem
      singular dual plural
      nominative abacc abaccL abaiccL
      vocative abaicc abaccL abaccuH
      accusative abaccN abaccL abaccuH
      genitive abaiccL abacc abaccN
      dative abaccL abaccaib abaccaib
      Initial mutations of a following adjective:
      • H = triggers aspiration
      • L = triggers lenition
      • N = triggers nasalization

      Descendants

      Mutation

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

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

      References

      1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 24

      Further reading

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