odb

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *odbos (compare Welsh oddf), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁, *h₂óst (“bone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oðb/

Noun

odb m (genitive unattested, nominative plural uidb)

1. knot (in a tree, branch, etc.)
2. lump, swelling, protuberance
3. difficulty, problem

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	odb	odbL	uidbL
Vocative	uidb	odbL	udbuH
Accusative	odbN	odbL	udbuH
Genitive	uidbL	odb	odbN
Dative	udbL	odbaib	odbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• odbach

Descendants

• Irish: fadhb
• Scottish Gaelic: faob

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
odb	unchanged	n-odb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.