moirb

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *morwis, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moirb f (genitive unattested, nominative plural morbi)

  1. ant

Inflection

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Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative moirb moirbL morbaiH
Vocative moirb moirbL morbaiH
Accusative moirbN moirbL morbaiH
Genitive morboH, morbaH morboH, morbaH morbaeN
Dative moirbL morbaib morbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Mutation of moirb
radical lenition nasalization
moirb
also mmoirb after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
moirb
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.