lebor

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin liber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl͈ʲeβər/, [ˈl͈ʲeβor]

Noun

lebor m (genitive libuir or libair or liubair, nominative plural libuir or libair or liubair)

  1. book

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative lebor leborL libairL
vocative libair leborL lebruH
accusative leborN leborL lebruH
genitive libairL lebor leborN
dative leborL lebraib lebraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • lebrach
  • lebrán
  • lebróir

Descendants

  • Irish: leabhar
  • Manx: lioar
  • Scottish Gaelic: leabhar

Mutation

Mutation of lebor
radical lenition nasalization
lebor
also llebor in h-prothesis environments		 lebor
pronounced with /lʲ-/		 lebor
also llebor

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

References

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