bélrae
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbélrae 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
editNeuter 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
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bélrae | bélrae pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbélrae |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bélrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language