lestrae
Old Irish
Etymology
An abstract extension of lestar (“vessel”).
Noun
lestrae f (nominative plural lestrai)
- vessel
- 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. 18b4
- .i. roth cruind forsa·ndenat na cerda in lestrai nui
- i.e. a round wheel on which the potters make the new vessels
- 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. 18b4
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lestraeL | lestraiL | lestrai |
| vocative | lestraeL | lestraiL | lestrai |
| accusative | lestraiN | lestraiL | lestrai |
| genitive | lestrae | lestraeL | lestraeN |
| dative | lestraiL | lestraib | lestraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| lestrae also llestrae in h-prothesis environments |
lestrae pronounced with /lʲ-/ |
lestrae also llestrae |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lestrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language