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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gulbīnos, cognate to Welsh gylfin.
Noun
gulban m
- beak
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 34
- in gulpan ― glosses Latin os turtoris ("turtledove's mouth")
- (Milan glosses only, figurative) something that stings
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 122b8
.i. inna guilbniu .i. inna fochaide 7 inna ndígal.- i.e. the stings, i.e. of tribulations and punishments.
Inflection
Masculine o-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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gulban
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gulbanL
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gulbainL
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Vocative
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gulbain
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gulbanL
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guilbniuH
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Accusative
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gulbanN
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gulbanL
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guilbniuH
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Genitive
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gulbainL
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gulban
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gulbanN
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Dative
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gulbanL
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guilbnib
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guilbnib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation
Mutation of gulban
radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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gulban
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gulban pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
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ngulban
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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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