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Old Irish
Etymology
From to- (“to”) + bríathar (“verb”), a calque of Latin adverbium,[1] itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπίρρημα (epírrhēma).
Pronunciation
Noun
dobríathar f (genitive dobréithre, nominative plural dobríathra)
- (grammar) adverb
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 216a1
anmman do·rónta de dobríathraib- nouns which have been made from adverbs
Inflection
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of dobríathar
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| dobríathar
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dobríathar
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
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ndobríathar
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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