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Inuit words subject to Irishy sound changes | Inuit words subject to Irishy sound changes | ||
word order is more flexible than in Old Irish | |||
Capital: Daomaist, from Hivantish "Dymuwistu" <- dhuHmo-h2westu | |||
==Morphology == | |||
=== Nouns === | |||
Preserves a lot of case inflection in suffixed indefinite articles, via a suffixed ''áirithe'' "certain" | Preserves a lot of case inflection in suffixed indefinite articles, via a suffixed ''áirithe'' "certain" | ||
No grammatical gender, but preserves most Old Irish declension classes | |||
*nom sg. ''ech áirithe'' > ''echar'' 'a horse' | *nom sg. ''ech áirithe'' > ''echar'' 'a horse' | ||
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* prep pl ''echaibis'' | * prep pl ''echaibis'' | ||
* acc pl ''h-echus'' | * acc pl ''h-echus'' | ||
Revision as of 19:56, 23 December 2021
Gaelic + Inuit + Hivantish + English
Inuit words subject to Irishy sound changes
word order is more flexible than in Old Irish
Capital: Daomaist, from Hivantish "Dymuwistu" <- dhuHmo-h2westu
Morphology
Nouns
Preserves a lot of case inflection in suffixed indefinite articles, via a suffixed áirithe "certain"
No grammatical gender, but preserves most Old Irish declension classes
- 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 echaib
- acc pl echu h-áirithi > echur
Definite nouns get the OIr definite article mutations (with no preposed article) + -a(i)s:
- nom sg t-echas 'the horse'
- gen sg eichis
- prep sg echas
- acc sg n-echas
- nom pl eichis
- gen pl n-echas
- prep pl echaibis
- acc pl h-echus