tarb

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tarwos (compare Gaulish taruos), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (compare Latin taurus).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tarβ]

Noun

tarb m (genitive tairb, nominative plural tairb)

bull

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tarb	tarb^L	tairb^L
vocative	tairb	tarb^L	tarbu^H
accusative	tarb^N	tarb^L	tarbu^H
genitive	tairb^L	tarb	tarb^N
dative	tarb^L	tarbaib	tarbaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: tarbh
Manx: tarroo
Scottish Gaelic: tarbh
→ Old Norse: tarfr
- Icelandic: tarfur m
- Faroese: tarvur m

Mutation

Mutation of *tarb*
radical	lenition	nasalization
tarb	tharb	tarb pronounced with /d-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tarb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language