Muir Robur
Old Irish
Etymology
From muir (“sea”) + a form of Latin ruber (“red”).
Pronunciation
- (nominative, accusative, or vocative singular): IPA(key): [ˈmurʲ ˈr͈oβur]
- (dative singular): IPA(key): [ˈmurʲ ˈroβur]
Proper noun
Muir Robur n (genitive Moro Robuir)
- Red Sea (a sea between Africa and Arabia)
- 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. 96c1
- Du·fuargabsat huisci Moro Robuir intan ro·mboi popul Dǽ for a muir.
- The waters of the Red Sea rose when God's people were on the seashore.
- 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. 96c1
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Muir RoburN | — | — |
| vocative | Muir RoburN | — | — |
| accusative | Muir RoburN | — | — |
| genitive | Moro RobuirL | — | — |
| dative | Muir RoburL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
- Middle Irish: Muir Romair, Muir Romor
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| Muir Robur also mMuir Robur in h-prothesis environments |
Muir Robur pronounced with /β̃-/ |
Muir Robur also mMuir Robur |
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), “robur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language