athgabáil

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *atigabaglā; synchronic analysis aith- +‎ gabál.

Noun

athgabáil f (nominative plural athgabála)

1. distraint

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	athgabáilL	athgabáilL	athgabálaH
Vocative	athgabáilL	athgabáilL	athgabálaH
Accusative	athgabáilN	athgabáilL	athgabálaH
Genitive	athgabálaeH	athgabáilL	athgabáilN
Dative	athgabáilL	athgabálaib	athgabálaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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

Further reading

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