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Old Irish
Etymology
From ess- + báe (“benefit, use”).
Noun
esbae m
- uselessness, folly
Inflection
| Masculine io-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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esbae
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esbaeL
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esbaiL
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| Vocative
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esbai
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esbaeL
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esbu
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| Accusative
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esbaeN
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esbaeL
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esbuH
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| Genitive
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esbaiL
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esbaeL
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esbaeN
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| Dative
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esbuL
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esbaib
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esbaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of esbae
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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esbae
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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n-esbae
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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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