Old Irish

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Etymology

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From gabul (fork) +‎ rind (point), literally "fork-point".

Noun

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gabalrind m

  1. pair of compasses
    • c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 18d3
      gabalrind ł diathre
      a pair of compasses, or orbits (glossing Latin circinnii)

Inflection

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Masculine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gabalrind gabalrindL gabalrindiH
Vocative gabalrind gabalrindL gabalrindiH
Accusative gabalrindN gabalrindL gabalrindiH
Genitive gabalrendoH, gabalrendaH gabalrendoH, gabalrendaH gabalrindeN
Dative gabalrindL gabalrindib gabalrindib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: gabulrind

Mutation

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

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