atairbert

Old Irish

Etymology

From aith- +‎ to- +‎ ar- +‎ bert.

Noun

atairbert f

  1. 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.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
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

Mutation of atairbert
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.

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