esbae

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ess- +‎ báe (benefit, use).

Noun

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esbae m

  1. uselessness, folly

Inflection

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Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative esbae esbaeL esbaiL
Vocative esbai esbaeL esbu
Accusative esbaeN esbaeL esbuH
Genitive esbaiL esbaeL esbaeN
Dative esbuL esbaib esbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: espa

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
esbae unchanged n-esbae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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