robartae

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸrobertesā (if cognate to Welsh rhyferthi (“torrent, flood”)) or *ɸrobertowyos (if cognate with Welsh rhyferthwy (“torrent, flood”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr͈o.βər͈.te/, [ˈr͈oβar͈tɘ]

Noun

robartae f

1. spring tide

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	robartaeL	robartaiL	robartai
Vocative	robartaeL	robartaiL	robartai
Accusative	robartaiN	robartaiL	robartai
Genitive	robartae	robartaeL	robartaeN
Dative	robartaiL	robartaib	robartaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: robarta
  • Irish: rabharta
  • Scottish Gaelic: rabhart
  • Manx: roayrt

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
robartae also rrobartae after a proclitic	robartae pronounced with /r(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), “robarta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language