cétgabáil

Middle Irish

Etymology

cét- +‎ gabáil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲeːdˌɣavaːlʲ/

Noun

cétgabáil f

1. the first taking
   • c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 14, page 2:

     In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed.

     Each man who came along the passage would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate. (literally, “The man who…”)

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cétgabáil	chétgabáil	cétgabáil pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.