subachus

Old Irish

Etymology

From subach (cheerful, merry, happy) +‎ -us, from subae (joy).

Noun

subachus m

  1. cheerfulness, gladness, joy, mirth
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1130
      sobraig a sobria .i. ōn subhachus

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative subachus
vocative subachus
accusative subachusN
genitive subachsoH, subachsaH
dative subachusL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: subachus

Mutation

Mutation of subachus
radical lenition nasalization
subachus ṡubachus subachus

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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