noídiu

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *nowēdwūs (“unknowing”), from *ne + Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). See also fíadu (from Proto-Celtic *weidwūs) for a related formation. The n-stem inflection is secondary; it is analogical to other n-stems that would also end in -ū in the nominative singular. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈn̪oːi̯.ðʲu/ === Noun === noídiu f (genitive noíden, nominative plural noídin) infant, young child ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== noídenacht ==== Descendants ==== Irish: naíon, naí Scottish Gaelic: naoidhean ⇒ Middle Irish: nóedenánIrish: naíonán ⇒ Middle Irish: noídenda === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “noídiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language