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fedb

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *widwā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fedb f (genitive fedbae, nominative plural fedba)

  1. widow

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fedbL feidbL fedbaH
Vocative fedbL feidbL fedbaH
Accusative feidbN feidbL fedbaH
Genitive fedbaeH fedbL fedbN
Dative feidbL fedbaib fedbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: feadhbh (obsolete)

Mutation

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Mutation of fedb
radical lenition nasalization
fedb ḟedb fedb
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fedb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language