aub

See also: AUB, a.u.b., and ǁaub

Old Irish edit

Boënd, aub Laigen

Alternative forms edit

ab, ob, oub

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *abū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eb- (“water”).

Compare Welsh afon.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /au̯v/

Noun edit

aub f (genitive abae)

river

Declension edit

This term inflects irregularly, with the neuter n-stem declension interfering with many case forms, like in the genitive singular and dative plural. Due to this haphazard hybridization, many forms of the paradigm cannot be reconstructed with confidence.

Feminine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aub, ab	*abainn^L	aibnea
Vocative	aub, ab	*abainn^L	aibnea^H
Accusative	abainn^N	*abainn^L	aibnea^H
Genitive	abae	*abann^L	*abann^N
Dative	abainn^L	aibnib	aibnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

Middle Irish: ab, aband, abann
- Irish: abha, abhainn
- Manx: awin
- Scottish Gaelic: abhainn

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
aub	unchanged	n-aub
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language