fidbae

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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

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fidbae ḟidbae fidbae
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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