indeb

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *andibom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰi-bʰuH-om.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈin͈ʲdʲeβ]

Noun

indeb n (genitive indib)

1. wealth
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28^c2

     Ní rïat na dánu díadi ara n-indeb domunde.

     Let them not sell the divine gifts for the worldly wealth.

   • 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. 92^a17

     Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·ḟolngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·ḟolngi dam.

     To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	indebN	—	—
Vocative	indebN	—	—
Accusative	indebN	—	—
Genitive	indibL	—	—
Dative	indiubL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• indbad

Descendants

• Irish: inneabh, inneamh

Mutation

Mutation of indeb

radical	lenition	nasalization
indeb (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-indeb

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

Further reading

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