robartae

Old Irish

Etymology

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

• Proto-Celtic *ɸrobertesā if cognate to Welsh rhyferthi (“torrent, flood”).
• Proto-Celtic *ɸrobertowy- if cognate with Welsh rhyferthwy (“torrent, flood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈro.βər.t̪e/
  • (Blasse) [ˈro.βar.t̪e]
  • (Griffith) [ˈro.βər.t̪e]

Noun

robartae f

1. spring tide

Inflection

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

• Middle Irish: robarta
  • Irish: rabharta
  • Scottish Gaelic: rabhart
  • Manx: roayrt

Mutation

Mutation of robartae

radical	lenition	nasalization
robartae also rrobartae in h-prothesis environments	robartae pronounced with /ɾ-/	robartae also rrobartae

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