indeb
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *andibom, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰi-bʰuH-om.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈin͈ʲdʲeβ]
Noun
indeb n (genitive indib)
- wealth
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28c2
- Ní rïat na dánu díadi ara n-indeb domunde.
- Let them not sell the divine gifts for the worldly wealth.
- 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. 92a17
- Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·ḟolngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·ḟolngi dam.
- To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28c2
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | indebN | — | — |
| vocative | indebN | — | — |
| accusative | indebN | — | — |
| genitive | indibL | — | — |
| dative | indiubL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
- indbad
Descendants
- Irish: inneabh, inneamh
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| indeb (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
indeb | n-indeb |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 384.2h Anm., page 39
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “indeb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language