labraithir

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• labrithir

Etymology

From labar +‎ -aid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪a.βɾə.θʲəɾʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈl̪a.βɾɪ.θʲɪɾʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈl̪a.βɾɨ.θʲɨɾʲ]

Verb

labraithir (verbal noun labrad)

1. to speak, to say

For quotations using this term, see Citations:labraithir.

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive, deponent

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	abs.			labraid (active ending)	labraimmi (active ending)
	conj.		·labrither	·labrathar			·labratar
	rel.			labrathar	labramar		labratar
imperfect indicative
preterite	abs.
	conj.			·labrastar
	rel.
perfect	deut.			ro·labrastar
	prot.
future	abs.
	conj.				·labrafammar
	rel.
conditional							·labraifitis
present subjunctive	abs.	labrar					labritir
	conj.			·labrathar			·labratar
	rel.			labrathar	labraimme
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun		labrad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• fris·labrathar

Descendants

• Irish: labhair
• Manx: loayr
• Scottish Gaelic: labhair

Mutation

Mutation of labraithir

radical	lenition	nasalization
labraithir also llabraithir in h-prothesis environments	labraithir pronounced with /l-/	labraithir also llabraithir

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