indeb

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *andibom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰi-bʰuH-om.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

indeb n (genitive indib)

  1. wealth
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28c2
      Ní rïat na dánu díadi ara n-indeb domunde.
      Let them not sell the divine gifts for the worldly wealth.
    • 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. 92a17
      Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·ḟolngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·ḟolngi dam.
      To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.

Declension

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative indebN
Vocative indebN
Accusative indebN
Genitive indibL
Dative indiubL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: inneabh, inneamh

Mutation

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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 384.2h Anm., page 39

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