Old Irish

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Etymology

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From dí- +‎ -bairg- +‎ -ad.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdiː.βʲərʲ.ɡʲuð/, [ˈdiːβʲirʲɡʲuð]

Noun

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díbirciud m

  1. verbal noun of do·bidci: pelting
    • 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. 58c6
      .i. Ioab. Ba fercach-som fri suide intan as·mbert side, "tiag-sa ɔ·tall a chenn dind aithuch labar fil oc du dibirciud-su ⁊ oc du chaned."
      [David] was angry at [Joab] when [Joab] said, "let me go to take off the head of the arrogant vassal who is pelting and slandering you."

Inflection

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative díbirciud
Vocative díbirciud
Accusative díbirciudN
Genitive díbirctheoH, díbirctheaH
Dative díbirciudL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
díbirciud díbirciud
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndíbirciud
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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