adtreba

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • a·treba
  • at·treba

Etymology

ad- +‎ treb (household)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a(ð)ˈtʲrʲeβa]

Verb

ad·treba (prototonic ·atreba, verbal noun atrab or aittrebad)

  1. to inhabit, dwell
    • 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. 107a15
      Bid sochaide a·trefea indiuts{i}u ⁊ bid fáilid nach oín adid·trefea.
      There will be many who will dwell in thee, and every one will be joyful who will so dwell.
      (literally, “…who will dwell it”)

Inflection

Complex, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. a·treba, at·treba a·trebat a·trebthar
prot. ·atreba
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. ad·rothreb ros·aitrebsad (with infixed pronoun s-)
prot.
future deut. a·trefea, a·trebea; adid·trefea (with infixed pronoun id-)
prot. ·roatrebatt (ro-form)
conditional deut.
prot. ·aittrebtha
present subjunctive deut. a·trebom; ro·atrebam (ro-form)
prot. ·roaitreba
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun atrab, aittrebad
past participle
verbal of necessity
  • ad·aittreba

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: aittrebaid

Mutation

Mutation of ad·treba
radical lenition nasalization
ad·treba ad·threba ad·treba
pronounced with /dʲ-/

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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