Acrisióndaib

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin Acrisiōniadēs (“descendant of Acrisius”) +‎ -de.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.kʲɾʲə.sʲi.oːn̪.d̪əβʲ/
    • (Blasse) [ˈa.kʲɾʲɪ.sʲi.oːn̪.d̪ɪβʲ]
    • (Griffith) [ˈa.kʲɾʲɨ.sʲi.oːn̪.d̪ɨβʲ]

Adjective

Acrisióndaib (masculine dative plural)

  1. Acrisian, descended from Acrisius

Declension

Only the masculine dative plural is attested, but the presumed full declension is:

io/iā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative Acrisión­dae Acrisión­dae Acrisión­dae
vocative Acrisión­dai
accusative Acrisión­dae Acrisión­dai
genitive Acrisión­dai Acrisión­dae Acrisión­dai
dative Acrisión­du Acrisión­dai Acrisión­du
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative Acrisión­dai Acrisión­dai
vocative Acrisión­dai
Acrisión­du*
accusative Acrisión­dai
Acrisión­du*
genitive Acrisión­dae
dative Acrisión­daib

* when substantivized

Quotations

  • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 32b6
    hú⟨a⟩naib aitreb­thidib Acrisión­daib: a­ mmuntar­ sidi ad·rothreb­-si lee, it hé con·rót­gatar in­ cathraig
    by the Acrisian inhabi­tants: her household whom she had with her, it is they who built the city
    (literally, “…whom she possessed…”)

Mutation

Mutation of Acrisióndaib
radical lenition nasalization
Acrisióndaib
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 Acrisióndaib nAcrisióndaib

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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