gabál
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *gabaglā; compare Welsh gafael.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgabál f
- taking (into possession)
- verbal noun of gaibid
Inflection
editFeminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | gabálL | gabáilL | gabálaH |
Vocative | gabálL | gabáilL | gabálaH |
Accusative | gabáilN | gabáilL | gabálaH |
Genitive | gabálaeH | gabálL | gabálN |
Dative | gabáilL | gabálaib, gabálib | gabálaib, gabálib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
editAll derivatives of gabál are feminine ā-stems. However, many of them also shared its tendency to have their dative singulars in -áil displace the nominative singular during or even before the Old Irish period.
Descendants
edit- Middle Irish: gabáil
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
gabál | gabál pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngabál |
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), “gabál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰeh₁bʰ-
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish feminine nouns
- Old Irish verbal nouns
- Old Irish ā-stem nouns