gubae
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Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gubae n (genitive gubae, no plural)
- mourning, lamentation
- c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 124
- Nícon·dernad trúag amné,
nach dimbág nó dochraite:
nád·leth for Críst gubae mór
céin ro·ndét bith fo dobrón.- There was never done such a pitiful thing,
any sorrow or misery:
that a great lamentation did not spread over Christ
while intense sorrow was permitted.
- There was never done such a pitiful thing,
- c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 124
Inflection
[edit]Neuter io-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | gubaeN | gubaeL | gubaeL |
Vocative | gubaeN | gubaeL | gubaeL |
Accusative | gubaeN | gubaeL | gubaeL |
Genitive | gubaiL | gubaeL | gubaeN |
Dative | gubuL | gubaib | gubaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
gubae | gubae pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngubae |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “guba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language