suib

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *subi.

Noun

suib n or f (genitive unattested, nominative plural subai)

  1. strawberry

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative suib suibL subaiH
vocative suib suibL subaiH
accusative suibN suibL subaiH
genitive soboH, sobaH soboH, sobaH subaeN
dative suibL subaib subaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: sub f

Mutation

Mutation of suib
radical lenition nasalization
suib ṡuib suib

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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