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imgabáil

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From imm- +‎ gabál.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈim.ɣə.βaːlʲ/, [ˈimɣaβaːlʲ]

Noun

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imgabáil f

  1. verbal noun of imm·imgaib: avoiding, evasion, shirking, shunning
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14c12
      .i. a·tá in aicniud chaich denum maith ⁊ imgabail uilc do denum
      i.e. it is in the nature of every [person] to do good and to avoid doing evil.
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 203a8
      cen imcabáil cacenfati ⁊ cen imcabáil cum nobis do epirt
      without avoiding cacophony and without avoiding saying cum nobis

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative imgabáilL imgabáilL imgabálaH
Vocative imgabáilL imgabáilL imgabálaH
Accusative imgabáilN imgabáilL imgabálaH
Genitive imgabálaeH imgabáilL imgabáilN
Dative imgabáilL imgabálaib imgabálaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: imgabáil

Mutation

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Mutation of imgabáil
radical lenition nasalization
imgabáil
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-imgabáil

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

Further reading

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