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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *odbos (“knot, bulge”); compare Welsh oddf.

Pronunciation

Noun

odb m (genitive unattested, nominative plural uidb)

  1. knot (in a tree, branch, etc.)
  2. lump, swelling, protuberance
  3. difficulty, problem

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative odb odbL uidbL
vocative uidb odbL udbuH
accusative odbN odbL udbuH
genitive uidbL odb odbN
dative udbL odbaib odbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: fadhb
  • Scottish Gaelic: faob

Mutation

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

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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