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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