gabalrind

Old Irish

Etymology

From gabul (“fork”) +‎ rind (“point”), literally "fork-point".

Noun

gabalrind m

  1. pair of compasses
    • 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. 18d3
      gabalrind ł diathre
      a pair of compasses, or orbits (glossing Latin circinnii)

Inflection

Masculine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative gabalrind gabalrindL gabalrindiH
vocative gabalrind gabalrindL gabalrindiH
accusative gabalrindN gabalrindL gabalrindiH
genitive gabalrendoH, gabalrendaH gabalrendoH, gabalrendaH gabalrindeN
dative gabalrindL gabalrindib gabalrindib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: gabulrind

Mutation

Mutation of gabalrind
radical lenition nasalization
gabalrind gabalrind
pronounced with /ɣ-/		 ngabalrind

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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