sonae
Old Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Old *sugnāwos etymology doesn't work because otherwise we'd expect a trace of the old *g.”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈso.ne/
Adjective
sonae
Usage notes
- The adjectives sonae and donae represent a pattern in Old Irish where words in which so- represents happy, good luck, and positive denotations while antonyms in do- represent sad, bad luck, or negative denotations.
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sonae | sonae | sonae |
| vocative | sonai | ||
| accusative | sonae | sonai | |
| genitive | sonai | sonae | sonai |
| dative | sonu | sonai | sonu |
| plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
| nominative | sonai | sonai | |
| vocative | sonai sonu* | ||
| accusative | sonai sonu* | ||
| genitive | sonae | ||
| dative | sonaib | ||
* when substantivized
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| sonae | ṡonae | sonae |
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), “sona”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language