gulban

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • gulpan

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gulbīnos, cognate to Welsh gylfin.

Noun

gulban m

  1. beak
    • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 34
      in gulpan ― glosses Latin os turtoris ("turtledove's mouth")
  2. (Milan glosses only, figurative) something that stings
    • 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. 122b8
      .i. inna guilbniu .i. inna fochaide 7 inna ndígal.
      i.e. the stings, i.e. of tribulations and punishments.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative gulban gulbanL gulbainL
vocative gulbain gulbanL guilbniuH
accusative gulbanN gulbanL guilbniuH
genitive gulbainL gulban gulbanN
dative gulbanL guilbnib guilbnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of gulban
radical lenition nasalization
gulban gulban
pronounced with /ɣ-/		 ngulban

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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