subachus
Old Irish
Etymology
From subach (“cheerful, merry, happy”) + -us, from subae (“joy”).
Noun
subachus m
- cheerfulness, gladness, joy, mirth
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1130
- sobraig a sobria .i. ōn subhachus
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1130
Inflection
| 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
Mutation
| 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.
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “subachus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language