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suib

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *subi.

Noun

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suib n or f (genitive unattested, nominative plural subai)

  1. strawberry

Inflection

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Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative suib suibL subaiH
Vocative suib suibL subaiH
Accusative suibN suibL subaiH
Genitive soboH, sobaH soboH, sobaH subaeN
Dative suibL subaib subaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: sub f
    • Irish:  f (red berry)
    • Manx: soo
    • Scottish Gaelic: sùbh

Mutation

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Mutation of suib
radical lenition nasalization
suib ṡuib unchanged

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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