bélrae
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bélrae n
- language, speech
- Synonym: tengae
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 31b23
- in bélrai .i. is and atá gním tengad isind huiliu labramar-ni
- of speech, i.e. the action of the tongue is in all that we say
Inflection edit
Neuter io-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | bélraeN | bélraeL | bélraeL |
Vocative | bélraeN | bélraeL | bélraeL |
Accusative | bélraeN | bélraeL | bélraeL |
Genitive | bélraiL | bélraeL | bélraeN |
Dative | bélruL | bélraib | bélraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bélrae | bélrae pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbélrae |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bélrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language