labraithir

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• labrithir

Etymology

From labar +‎ -aid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈aβrəθʲərʲ/, [ˈl͈aβrɨθʲirʲ]

Verb

labraithir (verbal noun labrad)

1. to speak, to say

For quotations using this term, see Citations:labraithir.

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive, deponent

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Abs.			labraid (active ending)	labraimmi (active ending)
	Conj.		·labrither	·labrathar			·labratar
	Rel.			labrathar	labramar		labratar
Imperfect indicative
Preterite	Abs.
	Conj.			·labrastar
	Rel.
Perfect	Deut.			ro·labrastar
	Prot.
Future	Abs.
	Conj.				·labrafammar
	Rel.
Conditional							·labraifitis
Present subjunctive	Abs.	labrar					labritir
	Conj.			·labrathar			·labratar
	Rel.			labrathar	labraimme
Past subjunctive
Imperative
Verbal noun		labrad
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• fris·labrathar

Descendants

• Irish: labhair
• Manx: loayr
• Scottish Gaelic: labhair

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
labraithir also llabraithir after a proclitic ending in a vowel	labraithir pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
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), “labraithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language