fidbae
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *widubiyom, from *widu- (“wood”) + *-biyom (“cutting”).[1]
Noun
[edit]fidbae n (genitive fidbai)
Inflection
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fidbaeN | fidbaeL | fidbaeL |
| vocative | fidbaeN | fidbaeL | fidbaeL |
| accusative | fidbaeN | fidbaeL | fidbaeL |
| genitive | fidbaiL | fidbaeL | fidbaeN |
| dative | fidbuL | fidbaib | fidbaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| fidbae | ḟidbae | fidbae 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
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*widu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 420
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fidba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language