remcaisiu

Old Irish

Etymology

rem- (before) + aicsiu (verbal noun of ad·cí (to see)), a calque of Latin prōvidentia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈr͈ʲeṽkɨsʲu]

Noun

remcaisiu f (genitive remcaisen)

  1. providence
    • 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. 91b10
      Aní as·berinn cosse, is ed as·bǽr beus .i. derchoíniud du remcaisin Dǽ dínni ón.
      What I used to say up to now, I will say still, namely this is the despair of us for a providence of God.

Declension

Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative remcaisiu remcaisinL remcaisin
Vocative remcaisiu remcaisinL remcaisneH
Accusative remcaisinN remcaisinL remcaisneH
Genitive remcaisen remcaisenL remcaisenN
Dative remcaisinL, remcaisiuL remcaisnib remcaisnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
remcaisiu
also rremcaisiu after a proclitic
remcaisiu
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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