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'''Irish''' in the Albionian timeline has absorbed significant Albionian influence, and the Slavic elements even penetrated grammar and grammatical morphemes.
Gaelic + Inuit + Hivantish + English
 
Greekify Irish slender consonants
 
Inuit words subject to Irishy sound changes
 
word order is more flexible than in Old Irish
 
Capital: Daomaist, from Hivantish "Dymuwistu" <- dhuHmo-h2westu
 
Preserves Old Irish /θ ð/
 
"What if Old Irish became a Balkan sprachbund language, losing infinitives etc."
 
==Morphology ==
=== Nouns ===
Preserves a lot of case inflection in suffixed indefinite articles, via a suffixed ''áirithe'' "certain"
 
Possessive suffices from OIr emphatic clitics? "his" is (lenition)--san
 
*nom sg. ''ech áirithe'' > ''echar'' 'a horse'
*gen sg. ''eich áirithi'' > ''eichri''
*prep sg. ''euch áirithiu'' > ''echru''
*acc sg. ''euch n-áirithe'' > ''echna''
*nom pl ''eich áirithi'' > ''eichri''
*gen pl ''ech n-áirithe'' > ''echna''
*prep pl ''echaibh''
*acc pl ''echu h-áirithi'' > ''echuhar''
Definite nouns get the OIr definite article mutations (with no preposed article) + -a(i)s:
* nom sg ''t-echsa'' 'the horse'
* gen sg ''eichse''
* prep sg ''echsa''
* acc sg ''n-echsa''
* voc sg ''a eich!''
* nom pl ''eichse''
* gen pl ''n-echsa''
* prep pl ''echaibhse''
* acc pl ''h-echus''
* voc pl ''a echu!''
==== o-stem masc. ====
*nom sg. ''echar''
*gen sg. ''eichri''
*prep sg. ''echru''
*acc sg. ''echna''
*nom pl ''eichri''
*gen pl ''echna''
*prep pl ''echaibh''
*acc pl ''echur''
* nom sg ''t-echsa''
* gen sg ''eichse''
* prep sg ''echsa''
* acc sg ''n-echsa''
* voc sg ''a eich!''
* nom pl ''eichse''
* gen pl ''n-echsa''
* prep pl ''echaibhse''
* acc pl ''h-echus''
* voc pl ''a echu!''
 
==== ā-stem fem. ====
* nom sg ''túathar''
* gen sg ''túaither''
* prep sg ''túaithri''
* acc sg ''túathnai''
* nom pl ''túathár''
* gen pl ''túathna''
* dat pl ''túathaib''
* acc pl ''túathár''
=== Verbs ===
Preserves object prefixes but simplifies them; only conjunct and prototonic forms are used for most verbs
* no-m-(L), no-t-(L), n-a-(N), no-s-(N), no-n-, no-bh-, no-s(N)- (no- can be replaced with another preverb e.g. ní-)
 
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Latest revision as of 03:56, 19 December 2022

Gaelic + Inuit + Hivantish + English

Greekify Irish slender consonants

Inuit words subject to Irishy sound changes

word order is more flexible than in Old Irish

Capital: Daomaist, from Hivantish "Dymuwistu" <- dhuHmo-h2westu

Preserves Old Irish /θ ð/

"What if Old Irish became a Balkan sprachbund language, losing infinitives etc."

Morphology

Nouns

Preserves a lot of case inflection in suffixed indefinite articles, via a suffixed áirithe "certain"

Possessive suffices from OIr emphatic clitics? "his" is (lenition)--san

  • nom sg. ech áirithe > echar 'a horse'
  • gen sg. eich áirithi > eichri
  • prep sg. euch áirithiu > echru
  • acc sg. euch n-áirithe > echna
  • nom pl eich áirithi > eichri
  • gen pl ech n-áirithe > echna
  • prep pl echaibh
  • acc pl echu h-áirithi > echuhar

Definite nouns get the OIr definite article mutations (with no preposed article) + -a(i)s:

  • nom sg t-echsa 'the horse'
  • gen sg eichse
  • prep sg echsa
  • acc sg n-echsa
  • voc sg a eich!
  • nom pl eichse
  • gen pl n-echsa
  • prep pl echaibhse
  • acc pl h-echus
  • voc pl a echu!

o-stem masc.

  • nom sg. echar
  • gen sg. eichri
  • prep sg. echru
  • acc sg. echna
  • nom pl eichri
  • gen pl echna
  • prep pl echaibh
  • acc pl echur
  • nom sg t-echsa
  • gen sg eichse
  • prep sg echsa
  • acc sg n-echsa
  • voc sg a eich!
  • nom pl eichse
  • gen pl n-echsa
  • prep pl echaibhse
  • acc pl h-echus
  • voc pl a echu!

ā-stem fem.

  • nom sg túathar
  • gen sg túaither
  • prep sg túaithri
  • acc sg túathnai
  • nom pl túathár
  • gen pl túathna
  • dat pl túathaib
  • acc pl túathár

Verbs

Preserves object prefixes but simplifies them; only conjunct and prototonic forms are used for most verbs

  • no-m-(L), no-t-(L), n-a-(N), no-s-(N), no-n-, no-bh-, no-s(N)- (no- can be replaced with another preverb e.g. ní-)

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