fidbae

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *widubiyom, from *widu- (“wood”) +‎ *-biyom (“cutting”).[1]

Noun

fidbae n (genitive fidbai)

  1. billhook

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fidbaeN fidbaeL fidbaeL
vocative fidbaeN fidbaeL fidbaeL
accusative fidbaeN fidbaeL fidbaeL
genitive fidbaiL fidbaeL fidbaeN
dative fidbuL fidbaib fidbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of fidbae
radical lenition nasalization
fidbae ḟidbae fidbae
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*widu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 420

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