aub

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See also: AUB, a.u.b., and ǁaub

Old Irish

Boënd, aub Laigen

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *abū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eb- (“water”).

Compare Welsh afon.

Pronunciation

Noun

aub f (genitive abae)

  1. river

Declension

This term inflects irregularly, with the neuter n-stem declension interfering with many case forms, like in the genitive singular and dative plural. Due to this haphazard hybridization, many forms of the paradigm cannot be reconstructed with confidence.

Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative aub, ab *abainnL aibnea
Vocative aub, ab *abainnL aibneaH
Accusative abainnN *abainnL aibneaH
Genitive abae *abannL *abannN
Dative abainnL aibnib aibnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: ab, aband, abann

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
aub
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-aub
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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