esamain
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editess- + ómun (“fear”) + -i- (adjective-forming simulfix).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editesamain (comparative esamnu)
- fearless
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b7
- Hóre am essamin-se precepte asmo chuimriug, is lia de creitfess.
- Since I am fearless in preaching out of my captivity, the more it is who will believe.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b7
Declension
edit| i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | esamain | esamain | esamain |
| Vocative | esamain | ||
| Accusative | esamain | esamain | |
| Genitive | esamain | esamnae | esamain |
| Dative | esamain | esamain | esamain |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | esamnai | esamnai | |
| Vocative | esamnai | ||
| Accusative | esamnai | ||
| Genitive | esamain* esamnae | ||
| Dative | esamnaib | ||
| Notes | *not when substantivized | ||
Derived terms
editMutation
edit| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| esamain (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-esamain |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “es(s)amain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language