ócbál

Old Irish

Etymology

From uss- +‎ gabál.

Noun

ócbál f

  1. rising, raising
    • c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 18d2
      Nomen dunaib erdomnaib i mbí ind ócbál frisa rind. Absidias .i. circulos .i. fu bíth do·ṅgníat cercol ocond ocbáil⁠.
      Name for the depths [?] wherein is the rising up to the constellation. Absidias, i.e. circulos, because they make a circle in the rising.⁠

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative ócbálL ócbáilL ócbálaH
vocative ócbálL ócbáilL ócbálaH
accusative ócbáilN ócbáilL ócbálaH
genitive ócbálaeH ócbálL ócbálN
dative ócbáilL ócbálaib ócbálaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: ócbáil, ógbáil

Mutation

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

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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