dobríathar

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- (“to”) +‎ bríathar (“verb”), a calque of Latin adverbium,[1] itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπίρρημα (epírrhēma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdoˌβʲrʲiːa̯θar]

Noun

dobríathar f (genitive dobréithre, nominative plural dobríathra)

  1. (grammar) adverb
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 216a1
      anmman do·rónta de dobríathraib
      nouns which have been made from adverbs

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative dobríatharL dobréithirL dobríathraH
vocative dobríatharL dobréithirL dobríathraH
accusative dobréithirN dobréithirL dobríathraH
genitive dobréithreH dobríatharL dobríatharN
dative dobréithirL dobríathraib dobríathraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: dobhriathar

Mutation

Mutation of dobríathar
radical lenition nasalization
dobríathar dobríathar
pronounced with /ð-/		 ndobríathar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 832, page 506; reprinted 2017

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