teistiu
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- testiu
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt̠ʲesʲ.t̠ʲu/
Noun
teistiu f (genitive testen)
- verbal noun of do·essim:
- outpour
- shedding blood
- 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. 37c4
- .i. do thestin fule
- to shed blood
- 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. 37c4
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | teistiu | — | — |
| vocative | teistiu | — | — |
| accusative | teistinN | — | — |
| genitive | teisten | — | — |
| dative | teistinL, teistiuL, testeL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| teistiu | theistiu | teistiu pronounced with /d̪̠ʲ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “teistiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language