atrab

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• attrab

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *attrebā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.t̪ɾəβ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈa.t̪ɾaβ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈa.t̪ɾəβ]

Noun

atrab n (genitive aitrib)

1. verbal noun of ad·treba: inhabiting, possession
2. dwelling, house

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	atrabN	atrabN	atrabL, atraba
vocative	atrabN	atrabN	atrabL, atraba
accusative	atrabN	atrabN	atrabL, atraba
genitive	aitribL	atrab	atrabN
dative	atrubL	atrabaib	atrabaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Middle Irish: aitreb
  • Irish: áitreabh
  • Scottish Gaelic: aitreabh

Mutation

Mutation of atrab

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

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), “attrab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language