cobais
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin cōnfessiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cobais f (genitive coibsen, nominative plural coibsin)
- (Christianity) confession (of sin)
- confidence, secret
Inflection
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cobais | coibsinL | coibsin |
| vocative | cobais | coibsinL | coibsenaH |
| accusative | coibsinN | coibsinL | coibsenaH |
| genitive | coibsen | coibsenL | coibsenN |
| dative | coibsinL, cobaisL | coibsenaib | coibsenaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| cobais | chobais | cobais pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cobais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language