torbae

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

to- +‎ ro- +‎ báe (profit)

Pronunciation

Noun

torbae n (genitive torbai, no plural)

  1. verbal noun of do·rorban
  2. profit, benefit, use

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative torbaeN, torbe
Vocative torbaeN
Accusative torbaeN, torbe
Genitive torbaiL, torbiL
Dative torbuL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

  • 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. 12c32
    Acht nammáa is samlid is torbe són, co eter·certa a n‑as·bera et con·rucca i n‑ætarcne cáich.
    But it is only thus that this is a profit, that he may interpret what he says and bring it into everyone’s understanding.
  • 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. 12c36
    Cote mo thorbe-se dúib mad mne labrar?
    What do I profit you pl if it be thus that I speak (subj.)?
    (literally, “what is my profit to you…”)
  • 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. 120c7
    cid torbae ara·torsata ⁊ cía gním du·gníat inna dúli
    what use the elements have been created for and what work they do

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: tarbha, tairbhe
  • Scottish Gaelic: tairbhe

Mutation

Mutation of torbae
radical lenition nasalization
torbae thorbae torbae
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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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