moirb

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *morwis, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [morʲβʲ]

Noun

moirb f (genitive unattested, nominative plural morbi)

1. ant

Inflection

Feminine i-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	moirb	moirbL	morbaiH
vocative	moirb	moirbL	morbaiH
accusative	moirbN	moirbL	morbaiH
genitive	morboH, morbaH	morboH, morbaH	morbaeN
dative	moirbL	morbaib	morbaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of moirb

radical	lenition	nasalization
moirb also mmoirb after a proclitic ending in a vowel	moirb pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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