cathbarr

Old Irish

Etymology

From cath (“battle”) +‎ barr (“top”). Compare Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚐᚁᚐᚏ (catabar, given name).

Noun

cathbarr m (genitive cathbairr, nominative plural cathbairr)

  1. helmet, headpiece

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cathbarr cathbarrL cathbairrL
vocative cathbairr cathbarrL cathbarruH
accusative cathbarrN cathbarrL cathbarruH
genitive cathbairrL cathbarr cathbarrN
dative cathbarrL cathbarraib cathbarraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: cafarr
  • Scottish Gaelic: cath-bhàrr

Mutation

Mutation of cathbarr
radical lenition nasalization
cathbarr chathbarr cathbarr
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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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