robartae

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From a Proto-Celtic stem *ɸrobert- with unclear suffixation, either as:

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈr͈o.βər͈.te/, [ˈr͈oβar͈tɘ]

Noun

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robartae f

  1. spring tide

Inflection

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Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative robartaeL robartaiL robartai
Vocative robartaeL robartaiL robartai
Accusative robartaiN robartaiL robartai
Genitive robartae robartaeL robartaeN
Dative robartaiL robartaib robartaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: robarta

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
robartae
also rrobartae after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
robartae
pronounced with /r(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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