lebor

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin liber.

Pronunciation

Noun

lebor m (genitive libuir or libair or liubair, nominative plural libuir or libair or liubair)

  1. book

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative lebor leborL libairL
Vocative libair leborL lebruH
Accusative leborN leborL lebruH
Genitive libairL lebor leborN
Dative leborL lebraib lebraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: leabhar
  • Manx: lioar
  • Scottish Gaelic: leabhar

Mutation

Mutation of lebor
radical lenition nasalization
lebor
also llebor after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
lebor
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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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