gen. of 1 s. pers. pron., used only before subst. as proclitic,
both as poss. and as obj. gen. (e.g. iar mu soirad after delivering me,
Ml. 104d2
); often emphasized by the enclitic -sa, -su
or (after palatal vowel or const.) -se, -sea, -siu follg. the subst.
The form mu is common in Ml.:
mú bás,
Ml. 80a9
;
ar mu sémi-se,
22d1
;
mu menma,
SP ii § 1
;
mu lebran,
ib. § 2
;
for mu mud,
§ 8
. Lenites a follg. consonant; the lenition is generally expressed in the case of c, t:
mu charat,
Ml. 73d1
;
tar mu chenn,
76d9
(but:
mu cenn,
80b2
);
ar mu chnamaib-se,
58a11
;
mu
thire,
62a7
;
mu th[u]aithe-si,
34b6
; in the case of other consonants occasionally in Mid.Ir. texts (not in O.Ir.):
dom
ghalar,
IT i 124.8
; mo ṡerc, ib.
10
;
mo phopa,
CRR 3
;
mo
pheccaid,
PH 7359
;
mo dherbrathair,
ZCP xii 393.36
;
mo
Dhúilem,
394.1
;
mo tsethracha,
ib. 2
(ts = ṡ). Before lenited
f the usage varies: moisitiu (= m'ḟoísitiu),
Ml. 46b12
;
m[ḟ]eulae,
47c4
;
m[ḟ]ithisi,
Fél. 76.9
; but:
do ól mo flede,
FB 6.
The final vowel is usually elided before an initial vowel or
lenited f, but occas. persists:
m'ainim,
Ml. 55a4
;
m'ernaigde-se,
50d7
;
m'etarcne,
103a9
;
m'íce,
62c7
;
m'athir-se,
Thes. ii
291.9
; but:
mo ainech-sa,
Wb. 14a4
;
mo anmain-se,
32a8
;
mo ainm,
Sg. 200b10
;
TBC-LL¹ 1053
;
mo ærchoíltiu-sa,
Ml. 132c15
;
mo aingil,
PH 1823
;
mo airchindech,
2064
;
mo uli indmas,
704
;
mo hires,
2325
;
mo á,
Corm. Y 70
=
mo ha,
H 3.17 c.
662
(
O'D. 946
) =
Ériu xi 43.35
.
Affixed to a preceding prep., the vowel is dropped before an
initial vowel or lenited f, commonly before consonants also;
the letter m is freq. doubled, showing that it never suffered
lenition:
domm anmain,
Hy. vi 8
;
domm [dom v.l.] imthús,
vii 35
;
domm anacul,
ib. 37
;
imm'aire,
IT i 79.12
;
imm
drungu,
ib. 16
;
imm fochraib-sea,
PH 2893
;
lamm Chua,
Fél. Dec. 24
;
huam fonnaib,
Ml. 78b9
;
óm céliú,
SCC 13
(
LU
3341
); com iarraid (= ocom i.),
ib. 44
(
LU 3937
); but:
dommo
mnaí,
FB 87
(
LU 9126
);
dommo múintir-se,
PH 5793
;
oc mu
lebran,
SP ii 2.
After the particle a folld. by a voc. case, mo remains unlenited:
ammo phopa,
TBC-LL¹ 1106
;
ammo Choimde,
Ériu ii
122 § 62
,
ACL iii 293 § 1.
In late language m' is occas. lenited before an initial vowel:
mh'occlach . . . mh'oircinneach . . . m'umhla nó mh'urraim,
BNnÉ 266 § 234.
Mo is freq. used in combination with a proper name
(usually a hypocoristic form), esp. with names of saints, such
forms coming in time to be treated as a single word and often
replacing the orig. name of a saint in popular usage. See
Wortk. §§ 33
,
92
and cf. similar use of poss. pron. 2 do.
The follg. are examples: M'Aedóc (Aed, Aedán):
Maedocc,
BNnÉ 191.12
;
Maodhocc,
ib. 17
;
Moedocc,
ib. 4
;
Moeóg,
132
§ 3
.
Mo Barri (Bairre),
BNnÉ 11.2
.
Mo Becoc (Beccan),
ib.
8.9
. Mo Bí (`my living one'?),
Fél. 168.40
.
Mobí Indsi Cuscraid,
170.29
=
Biteus,
Mart. Don. July 22.
Baptismal name
of Brénainn of Clonfert,
Lism. L. 3362
,
BNnÉ 45 § 7.
Mo
Briccu,
LL 348 c
.
Mo Choe,
Fél. 158.8
,
15
(prob. variant of
Mochuae). Mo Choemóc (Coemgin),
Fél. Mar. 11.
AU 869.
Mochaemóc,
LL 353
marg. inf. Name of
Senan,
BNnÉ 87.9
,
89.4
.
Mo Cholmóc,
Fél. July 25
=
Colmán,
170.33
. Mo
Chommóc (Commán),
Rawl. 89a36
.
Mo Chrítóc,
Fél. May 11
=
Critán,
130.36
. Mo Chuae (Cuae),
Fél. Mar. 30
,
May 4
;
lam'Chua,
Aug. 6
=
Cronan,
182.31
. Mo Chumma (Colum),
see
ACC 140 Comm.
(
RC xx 414
). Mo Chuta, -u, name of
St.
Carthach,
BNnÉ 291.
Mo Dimmóc (Dimma, Diarmait),
LL 352c1
. Mo Diuit (Simplex),
Fél. 72.40
. M'Ernóc (Ernán ?),
Fél. Aug. 18
,
186.32
. Mo Eca (= Moḟeca, Fechín),
Fél. 48.27
.
Mo Lais(s)e (Laisrén),
Fél. 208.23
.
Mo Locca .i. Locheni,
Fél.
48.22
. Mo Lua, Mo Luóc (Lugaid);
lam' Luóc,
Fél. July 25
.
quies Lugdach .i. mo Lua,
RC xvii 168
(Tig.).
Mo Ninn,
Fél.
Sep. 16.
Mo Nenn,
208.20
(St. Ninian, Latinized form Nynias
or Nennius, see
Plummer Bede ii 128
). Mo Ninne (f.),
Fél. July
6
=
Darerca,
166.19
; Monanna, ib.
29
.
Mo Ṡilóc,
Fél. 168.30
,
170.36
.
lam Ṡílóc,
July 13
. Munnu, -a (= Mo ḟinnu `my white
one') =
Fintan,
Fél. 226.4
.
Munda .i. mo a finda .i. ainm
bāide,
Corm. Y 878.
See Thurneysen,
ZCP xix 364.