tindabrad

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ ind- +‎ Proto-Celtic *subr- +‎ -ad, with the morpheme *subr- ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“to sleep”).[1]

Noun

tindabrad m

  1. falling asleep

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative tindabrad — —
vocative tindabrad — —
accusative tindabradN — —
genitive *tindbrathoH, *tindbrathaH — —
dative tindabradL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: tinnabrad
    • Irish: tionnabhradh

Mutation

Mutation of tindabrad
radical lenition nasalization
tindabrad thindabrad tindabrad
pronounced with /dʲ-/

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

References

  1. ^ Watkins, Calvert (1976) “Varia I”, in Ériu‎[1], volume 27, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved 4 June 2023, pages 116–122

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