atairbert
Old Irish
Etymology
From aith- + to- + ar- + bert.
Noun
atairbert f
- verbal noun of ad·tairbir: bringing back
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 197b15
- .i. atairbert hí forathmet inna persine imme·roraid riam.
- i.e. bringing again into recollection of the person that he has spoken of before.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 197b15
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | atairbertL | — | — |
| vocative | atairbertL | — | — |
| accusative | atairbirtN | — | — |
| genitive | atairbertaeH | — | — |
| dative | atairbirtL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| atairbert (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
atairbert | n-atairbert |
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), “atairbert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language