selb
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *selwā. Cognate with Welsh elw.
Noun
editselb f (nominative plural selba)
Inflection
editsingular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | selbL | seilbL | selbaH |
vocative | selbL | seilbL | selbaH |
accusative | seilbN | seilbL | selbaH |
genitive | selbaeH | selbL | selbN |
dative | seilbL | selbaib | selbaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
editMutation
editradical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
selb | ṡelb | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “selb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language