intí

See also: inti, Inti, and -inti

Old Irish

Etymology

From int (definite article) + í (deictic particle)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in͈ʲˈtʲiː/

Pronoun

intí

  1. (s)he who, that which; the one who, the one which; whoever, what(ever)
    • 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. 6b22
      Ní latt aní ara·rethi et ní lat in cách forsa mmitter.
      What you assail is not yours, and not everyone whom you judge is yours.

Declension

Case Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative intí, inthí indí, indhí aní indí, indhí innahí
Accusative inní innahí
Genitive indí, indhí innahí indí, indhí innaní
Dative dondí, dondhí
cossindí, cossindhí
etc.
donaibí, donaibhí
cosnaibí, cosnaibhí
etc.
Note: The dative is used only after a preposition, which forms a contraction with the definite article, e.g. dondí (to the one who/which), cossindí (with the one who/which), etc.

Descendants

Further reading

  • 4 í, hí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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