esbae

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ess- +‎ báe (“benefit, use”).

Noun

esbae m

  1. uselessness, folly

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative esbae esbaeL esbaiL
vocative esbai esbaeL esbu
accusative esbaeN esbaeL esbuH
genitive esbaiL esbaeL esbaeN
dative esbuL esbaib esbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: espa

Mutation

Mutation of esbae
radical lenition nasalization
esbae
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-esbae

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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