Old Irish

E1286
Celtic language Goidelic language language

Old Irish is the earliest recorded form of the Goidelic Celtic languages, historically spoken in Ireland and parts of Scotland between roughly the 6th and 10th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Middle Irish 1
Old Irish Brénainn 1
Old Irish phonology 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic language ⓘ
Goidelic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
ancestorOf Manx ⓘ
Middle Irish ⓘ
Modern Irish ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
attestedIn glosses in Latin manuscripts ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
sagas ⓘ
developedFrom Primitive Irish ⓘ
Proto-Celtic ⓘ
followedBy Middle Irish ⓘ
follows Primitive Irish ⓘ
hasCaseSystem accusative ⓘ
dative ⓘ
genitive ⓘ
nominative ⓘ
hasFeature VSO word order ⓘ
complex inflectional morphology ⓘ
eclipsis ⓘ
initial consonant mutation ⓘ
lenition ⓘ
synthetic verb forms ⓘ
hasGenderCategory feminine ⓘ
masculine ⓘ
neuter ⓘ
hasNumberCategory dual ⓘ
plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
languageFamily Celtic ⓘ
Goidelic ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European
partOf Goidelic branch of Celtic ⓘ
Insular Celtic branch of Celtic ⓘ
spokenIn Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-European language ⓘ
Insular Celtic language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
medieval language ⓘ
usedBy Christian monastic communities in Ireland ⓘ
early medieval Irish scholars ⓘ
usedInPeriod 10th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
Ogham script ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Proto-Celtic → ancestorOf → Old Irish ⓘ
Brendan → derivedFrom → Old Irish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Irish Brénainn
Scottish Gaelic → derivedFrom → Old Irish ⓘ
Middle Irish → developedFrom → Old Irish ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic → developedFrom → Old Irish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Irish
Early Modern Irish → developsFrom → Old Irish ⓘ
Primitive Irish → developsInto → Old Irish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Irish phonology
Primitive Irish → followedBy → Old Irish ⓘ
Middle Irish → follows → Old Irish ⓘ
Manx → hasAncestor → Old Irish ⓘ
Irish language → hasOldForm → Old Irish ⓘ
Modern Irish → hasPredecessor → Old Irish ⓘ
Ulster Irish → influencedBy → Old Irish ⓘ
Proto-Goidelic → precedes → Old Irish ⓘ
Iona → primaryLanguageHistorical → Old Irish ⓘ