torbatu

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Old Irish

Etymology

From torbae +‎ -tu.

Pronunciation

Noun

torbatu m

  1. profitableness, advantage
    • 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. 144d3
      Nach torbatu coitchenn ro·boí indib fri dénum n-uilc, at·rubalt tar hǽsi á pectha.
      Any common advantage that had been in them for doing evil, it has perished for their sin.

Inflection

Masculine t-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative torbatu — —
Vocative torbatu — —
Accusative torbatidN — —
Genitive torbatad — —
Dative torbatidL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of torbatu
radical lenition nasalization
torbatu thorbatu torbatu
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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