mebuir

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin memoria.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mebuir f (genitive mebra)

  1. recollection, memory

Inflection

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Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mebuir
Vocative mebuir
Accusative mebuirN
Genitive mebroH, mebraH
Dative mebuirL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: mebair, mebar, memor
    • Irish: meabhair
    • Scottish Gaelic: meomhair

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
mebuir
also mmebuir after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
mebuir
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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