aitrebthid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • aitribthid

Etymology

From atrab +‎ -thid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.t̠ʲɾʲəβ.θəðʲ/
    • (Blasse) [ˈa.t̠ʲɾʲeβ.θɪðʲ]
    • (Griffith) [ˈa.t̠ʲɾʲəβ.θɨðʲ]

Noun

aitrebthid m (genitive aitrebthado, nominative plural aitrebthidi)

  1. inhabitant
  2. possessor

Declension

Masculine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative aitrebthid aitrebthidL aitrebthidiH
vocative aitrebthid aitrebthidL aitrebthidiH
accusative aitrebthidN aitrebthidL aitrebthidiH
genitive aitrebthadoH, aitrebthadaH aitrebthadoH, aitrebthadaH aitrebthideN
dative aitrebthidL aitrebthidib aitrebthidib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

  • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 32b6
    hú⟨a⟩naib aitreb­thidib Acrisión­daib: a­ mmuntar­ sidi ad·rothreb­-si lee, it hé con·rót­gatar in­ cathraig
    by the Acrisian inhabi­tants: her household whom she had with her, it is they who built the city
    (literally, “…whom she possessed…”)

Mutation

Mutation of aitrebthid
radical lenition nasalization
aitrebthid
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 aitrebthid n-aitrebthid

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

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