bélrae

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From bél (mouth) +‎ -ra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bélrae n

  1. language, speech
    Synonym: tengae
    • 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. 31b23
      in bélrai .i. is and atá gním tengad isind huiliu labramar-ni
      of speech, i.e. the action of the tongue is in all that we say

Inflection

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Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bélraeN bélraeL bélraeL
Vocative bélraeN bélraeL bélraeL
Accusative bélraeN bélraeL bélraeL
Genitive bélraiL bélraeL bélraeN
Dative bélruL bélraib bélraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: bérla

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bélrae bélrae
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbélrae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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