orbbae
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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From Proto-Celtic *orbyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
orbbae n
- a patrimony, inheritance (of land)
Inflection
Neuter io-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | orbbaeN | orbbaeL | orbbaeL |
Vocative | orbbaeN | orbbaeL | orbbaeL |
Accusative | orbbaeN | orbbaeL | orbbaeL |
Genitive | orbbaiL | orbbaeL | orbbaeN |
Dative | orbbuL | orbbaib | orbbaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- comarbbae (“successor, inheritor”)
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
orbbae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-orbbae |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “orb(b)a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language