gubae

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Old Irish

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

gubae n (genitive gubae, no plural)

  1. mourning, lamentation
    • c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 124
      Nícon·dernad trúag amné,
      nach dimbág nó dochraite:
      nád·leth for Críst gubae mór
      céin ro·ndét bith fo dobrón.
      There was never done such a pitiful thing,
      any sorrow or misery:
      that a great lamentation did not spread over Christ
      while intense sorrow was permitted.

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gubaeN gubaeL gubaeL
Vocative gubaeN gubaeL gubaeL
Accusative gubaeN gubaeL gubaeL
Genitive gubaiL gubaeL gubaeN
Dative gubuL gubaib gubaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: guba
    • Irish: gubha m
    • Scottish Gaelic: gubha m (“lamentation, battle”)

Mutation

Mutation of gubae
radical lenition nasalization
gubae gubae
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngubae

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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