dobríathar

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From to- (to) +‎ bríathar (verb), a calque of Latin adverbium,[1] itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπίρρημα (epírrhēma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdoˌβʲrʲiːa̯θar]

Noun

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dobríathar f (genitive dobréithre, nominative plural dobríathra)

  1. (grammar) adverb
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 216a1
      anmman do·rónta de dobríathraib
      nouns which have been made from adverbs

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dobríatharL dobréithirL dobríathraH
Vocative dobríatharL dobréithirL dobríathraH
Accusative dobréithirN dobréithirL dobríathraH
Genitive dobréithreH dobríatharL dobríatharN
Dative dobréithirL dobríathraib dobríathraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: dobhriathar

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 832, page 506

Further reading

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