esbae
Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ess- + báe (“benefit, use”).
Noun
[edit]esbae m
Inflection
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | esbae | esbaeL | esbaiL |
| vocative | esbai | esbaeL | esbu |
| accusative | esbaeN | esbaeL | esbuH |
| genitive | esbaiL | esbaeL | esbaeN |
| dative | esbuL | esbaib | esbaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| esbae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-esbae |
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), “esba(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language