abacc

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish abacc, see there for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaβək/

Noun

abacc m

1. dwarf

Descendants

• Irish: abhac

Mutation

Mutation of abacc

radical	lenition	nasalization
abacc (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-abacc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle 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), “abacc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

Usually associated with Middle Welsh afanc (“dwarf; beaver”), from Proto-Celtic *abankos (“beaver, dwarf”), a derivative of *abū (“river”). The meaning "dwarf" also appears in Old Breton abac. However, Proto-Celtic *nk should give Goidelic /ɡ/, not /k/.

Noun

abacc m

1. dwarf

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	abacc	abaccL	abaiccL
vocative	abaicc	abaccL	abaccuH
accusative	abaccN	abaccL	abaccuH
genitive	abaiccL	abacc	abaccN
dative	abaccL	abaccaib	abaccaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: abacc
  • Irish: abhac

Mutation

Mutation of abacc

radical	lenition	nasalization
abacc (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	abacc	n-abacc

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), “abacc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language