claideb

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kladiwos. Compare Welsh cleddyf, Breton klezeñv.

Noun

claideb m (genitive claidib, nominative plural claidib)

1. sword

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	claideb	claidebL	claidibL
Vocative	claidib	claidebL	claidbiuH
Accusative	claidebN	claidebL	claidbiuH
Genitive	claidibL	claideb	claidebN
Dative	claidiubL	claidbib	claidbib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: claidem
  • Irish: claíomh, claidheamh
  • Manx: cliwe
  • Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
claideb	chlaideb	claideb pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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), “claideb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language