Old Irish
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Alternative forms
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Etymology
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dí- + treb
Pronunciation
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díthrub m or f (genitive díthruib or díthruba or díthreibe, nominative plural díthruib)
- wilderness
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑aí fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.- It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.
Declension
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Masculine o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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díthrub
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díthrubL
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díthruibL
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Vocative
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díthruib
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díthrubL
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díthrubuH
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Accusative
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díthrubN
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díthrubL
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díthrubuH
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Genitive
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díthruibL
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díthrub
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díthrubN
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Dative
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díthrubL
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díthrubaib
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díthrubaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
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Mutation
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Old Irish mutation
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Nasalization
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díthrub
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díthrub pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
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ndíthrub
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
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