Irish Studies

Old Irish for Beginners

By: David Stifter

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David Stifter's Sengodelc (SHAN-goy-thelg) provides a comprehensive introduction to Old Irish grammar and metrics. As an introductory text to the Irish language spoken around the eighth century C.E., this essential volume, covering all aspects of the grammar in a clear and intuitive format, is ideally suited for use as a course book or as a guide for the independent learner. This handbook also will be an essential reference work for students of Indo-European philology and historical linguistics.

Stifter leads the novice through the idiosyncrasies of the language, such as initial mutations and the double inflection of verbs. Filled with translation exercises based on selections from Old Irish texts, the book provides a practical introduction to the language and its rich history. Sengodelc opens the door to the fascinating world of Old Irish literature, famous not only for the T¡in B³ Cºailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cºailnge) and its lyrical nature poetry but also as a major source for the political and legal history of Ireland.

Stifter's step-by-step approach and engaging style make his book an ideal tool for both the self taught individual and the classroom environment. It will be of interest to beginning students of Old and Middle Irish, to scholars of Irish history, Celtic culture, and comparative linguistics, and to readers of Irish literature.

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A welcome and friendly guide to those who would like to know more about the language and literature of early medieval Ireland." - Joseph Nagy, author of Conversing with Angels and Ancients: Literary Myths of Medieval Ireland

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Introduction/Remrad	p. xi
	p. 1
The Celtic languages in the context of the Indo-European language family	p. 1
The classification of the Celtic languages	p. 2
The Continental Celtic languages and their attestation	p. 3
The Insular Celtic languages and their attestation	p. 7
What is Old Irish?	p. 9
	p. 11
The writing of Old Irish	p. 11
Ogam	p. 11
Clo Gaelach	p. 13
The Roman alphabet	p. 14
	p. 15
The phonological system of Old Irish in comparison	p. 15
The phonological system of Old Irish	p. 16
Pronunciation rules	p. 19
Sample texts with phonological analysis	p. 25
Exercise	p. 26
Exercise	p. 28
	p. 29
The initial mutations	p. 29
The mutations of Old Irish	p. 29
Lenition	p. 30
Leniting forms	p. 31
Nasalization	p. 32
Nasalizing forms	p. 32
Aspiration	p. 33
Exercise	p. 34
	p. 35
The grammatical categories of Old Irish	p. 35
Nouns and adjectives: gender	p. 35
Nouns and adjectives: number	p. 35
Nouns and adjectives: case	p. 36
Adjectives	p. 39
The article	p. 39
Word order	p. 40
	p. 41
Nouns: declensional classes	p. 41
Adjectives: declensional classes	p. 42
Declension: general remarks	p. 42
Nouns: masculine o-stems	p. 43
Variants of the o-stem declension	p. 44
Nouns: neuter o-stems	p. 46
Exercise	p. 47
Long vowels, words of more than one syllable and further subtleties	p. 47
	p. 50
The basic pattern of the masculine article	p. 50
Variants in the basic pattern of the masculine article	p. 51
The neuter article	p. 51
The o-stem adjectives	p. 53
Exercise	p. 53
	p. 54
The Old Irish verb	p. 54
Conjugation: general remarks	p. 54
The verbal inflection	p. 55
Verbs of the W1-class (a-verbs)	p. 55
Exercise	p. 56
	p. 57
Varia	p. 57
Exercise	p. 57
	p. 59
Nouns: feminine a-stems	p. 59
Variants of the a-stem declension	p. 59
ben 'woman'	p. 61
	p. 62
The basic feminine article	p. 62
Variants of the feminine article	p. 62
The article after prepositions	p. 63
The a-stem adjectives	p. 64
Exercise	p. 65
	p. 66
Verbs of the W2a and W2b-class (i-verbs)	p. 66
Exercise	p. 67
The prehistory of the W1 and W2 ending sets	p. 67
Possessive pronouns	p. 69
	p. 71
A poem	p. 71
Varia	p. 71
Exercise	p. 72
Test	p. 73
	p. 74
Nouns: masculine io-stems	p. 74
Nouns: neuter io-stems	p. 75
Adjectives: io-stems	p. 76
Exercise	p. 76
	p. 77
Verbs: general remarks on compound verbs	p. 77
Verbs: deuterotonic and prototonic verbal forms	p. 78
Exercise	p. 80
Adverbial compounds	p. 80
	p. 81
Varia	p. 81
Exercise	p. 81
	p. 83
Nouns: feminine ia-stems	p. 83
Adjectives: ia-stems	p. 84
Nouns: feminine i-stems	p. 84
Exercise	p. 86
	p. 87
The conjugated prepositions: general remarks	p. 87
The conjugated prepositions 1	p. 89
Verbs of the S1-class	p. 90
Compound S1 verbs	p. 92
Exercise	p. 92
	p. 93
From a poem	p. 93
Varia	p. 93
Exercise	p. 95
From the Tain Bo Cuailnge	p. 96
	p. 97
Nouns: masculine and feminine i-stems	p. 97
Nouns: neuter i-stems	p. 98
The i-stem adjectives	p. 99
Exercise	p. 99
	p. 100
The conjugated prepositions 2	p. 100
Secondary or nominal prepositions	p. 101
Demonstrative particles	p. 102
Verbs of the S2-class	p. 103
Verbs of the S3-class	p. 104
The prehistory of the S1, S2 and S3 ending sets	p. 105
Exercise	p. 106
	p. 107
From the Old Irish Triads	p. 107
From the Old Irish glosses	p. 107
Varia	p. 108
Exercise	p. 108
Test	p. 109
Test	p. 110
From a poem	p. 110
	p. 112
Nouns: masculine u-stems	p. 112
Nouns: neuter u-stems	p. 113
Adjectives: u-stems	p. 113
Determining the stem class of adjectives	p. 114
Exercise	p. 115
	p. 116
The cardinal numbers 1-19	p. 116
The ordinal numbers 1-19	p. 118
The copula	p. 119
	p. 122
Infixed pronouns class A	p. 122
Exercise	p. 126
Conjugated prepositions 3	p. 126
Emphasizing particles	p. 127
	p. 129
Test	p. 129
Varia	p. 129
Exercise	p. 130
From the Old Irish Triads	p. 131
	p. 132
Hiatus verbs	p. 132
Verbs of the H1-class	p. 133
Verbs of the H2-class	p. 133
Verbs of the H3-class	p. 134
Exercise	p. 134
The prehistory of the hiatus verbs	p. 135
The complete dependent forms at a glance	p. 135
	p. 136
The substantive verb	p. 136
The verbal noun	p. 137
Infixed pronouns class B	p. 139
Exercise	p. 141
The conjugated prepositions 4	p. 141
	p. 143
Test	p. 143
Varia	p. 143
Exercise	p. 144
	p. 146
Nouns: the consonant stems	p. 146
Guttural stems: consonantal declension in g	p. 148
Guttural stems: consonantal declension in k	p. 148
Exercise	p. 149
The conjugated prepositions 5	p. 150
	p. 151
Deponent verbs	p. 151
W2 deponent verbs	p. 151
W1 deponent verbs	p. 152
S2 deponent verbs	p. 153
S3 deponent verbs	p. 153
Exercise	p. 154
The 3rd person passive forms	p. 154
The 1st and 2nd person passive forms	p. 156
Exercise	p. 157
	p. 158
Varia	p. 158
Exercise	p. 158
	p. 160
Dental stems: consonantal declension in t	p. 160
Dental stems: consonantal declension in nt	p. 162
Exercise	p. 163
The cardinal numbers 20-1000	p. 163
The ordinal numbers 20-1000	p. 164
	p. 165
Relative clauses	p. 165
Absolute relative verbal endings	p. 165
Leniting relative clauses	p. 169
Negative leniting relative clauses	p. 170
Special relative forms	p. 170
The prehistory of the relative endings	p. 170
Independent personal pronouns	p. 170
	p. 172
Varia	p. 172
Exercise	p. 172
A poem: The dead princes in the mill	p. 174
A poem: A kiss	p. 174
	p. 175
Nouns: consonantal declension in r	p. 175
Nouns: consonantal declension in s	p. 176
Exercise	p. 178
	p. 179
The habitual present of the substantive verb	p. 179
Relative forms of the substantive verb and the copula	p. 180
The imperative	p. 180
The deponent and passive imperative forms	p. 184
Exercise	p. 185
	p. 186
Infixed pronouns in imperatives	p. 186
Infixed pronouns class C	p. 186
Infixed pronouns after negative na, nad	p. 187
Exercise	p. 188
The deictic particle i	p. 188
Indefinite pronouns	p. 189
The anaphoric pronoun suide	p. 190
Interrogative pronouns	p. 190
	p. 192
Varia	p. 192
Exercise	p. 192
Test	p. 194
Test	p. 194
	p. 195
Nasal stems: neuter n-stems	p. 195
Exercise	p. 196
Comparison of adjectives	p. 196
Comparison: the equative	p. 197
	p. 199
The preterite	p. 199
The s-preterite	p. 200
Special formations of the s-preterite	p. 202
The t-preterite	p. 202
The prehistory of the s- and t-preterites	p. 204
Exercise	p. 205
	p. 206
An indecent poem	p. 206
Varia	p. 206
Exercise	p. 207
	p. 209
Nasal stems: masculine and feminine n-stems	p. 209
Exercise	p. 211
Comparison: the superlative	p. 211
	p. 213
The suffixless preterite	p. 213
The reduplicated preterite	p. 214
Reduplication with vowels other than e	p. 215
Long vowel preterites	p. 215
The a-preterite	p. 217
The preterite of the copula and the substantive verb	p. 218
Irregular preterite formations	p. 219
Exercise	p. 220
The prehistory of the suffixless preterite	p. 220
	p. 221
From Uraicecht na Riar	p. 221
From the Old Irish Triads	p. 221
Test	p. 222
Test	p. 222
Varia	p. 223
Exercise	p. 223
	p. 225
Irregular nouns	p. 225
Indeclinable words	p. 226
Consonantal stem adjectives	p. 227
Comparison: the comparative	p. 227
Special formations of the comparative	p. 229
Exercise	p. 229
Additional degrees of comparison	p. 230
	p. 231
Personal numerals and other numeral substantives	p. 231
Possession in Irish	p. 233
The preterite passive stem	p. 235
The preterite passive inflection	p. 237
The past passive participle (P.P.P.)	p. 238
Exercise	p. 238
	p. 239
Exercise	p. 239
Exercise	p. 239
Varia	p. 240
Exercise	p. 240
	p. 242
The imperfect	p. 242
Exercise	p. 243
Nasalizing relative clauses	p. 244
The marking of nasalization in nasalizing relative clauses	p. 245
The figura etymologica	p. 246
Conjunctions and dependent clauses	p. 247
	p. 250
The augment (the particle ro, etc.)	p. 250
The choice of the correct augment	p. 252
The position of the augment	p. 254
	p. 257
From the Tain Bo Cuailnge	p. 257
Varia	p. 258
Exercise	p. 258
Test	p. 260
	p. 261
Prepositional relative constructions	p. 261
Word order	p. 262
	p. 265
The subjunctive	p. 265
The a-subjunctive	p. 266
The e-subjunctive	p. 270
The s-subjunctive	p. 271
Exercise	p. 274
The past subjunctive	p. 274
Exercise	p. 276
The subjunctive of the copula	p. 276
The prehistory of the subjunctive	p. 277
	p. 279
A poem	p. 279
Varia	p. 279
Exercise	p. 279
Test	p. 281
	p. 282
The future tense	p. 282
The f-future	p. 282
The s-future	p. 284
The i-future	p. 286
The a-future	p. 288
Suppletive futures	p. 290
Exercise	p. 290
The prehistory of the future formations	p. 290
	p. 293
The conditional	p. 293
Exercise	p. 294
The future of the substantive verb and the copula	p. 294
Suffixed pronouns	p. 295
A 'consecutio temporum' in Old Irish	p. 296
	p. 297
A legal episode	p. 297
Varia	p. 298
Exercise	p. 298
Test	p. 300
Test	p. 300
	p. 301
Old Irish metrics	p. 301
The features of classical Irish poetry	p. 301
An exemplary poem	p. 307
Appendixes	p. 311
Abbreviations	p. 311
Selected bibliography	p. 315
Further reading	p. 317
Solutions	p. 324
Wordlist	p. 363
Tables	p. 377
Index	p. 387
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