robud

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸroboudom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈro.βuð/
- (Blasse) [ˈro.βuð]
- (Griffith) [ˈro.βøð]

Noun

robud n

notice, warning
- The Annals of Ulster from the Trinity College MS 1282, published in The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131) (1983, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Seán Mac Airt & Gearóid Mac Niocaill, AD 826
  Adomnae mor for h-Erinn n-uile, .i. robudh plaige o m. Iellaen di Mume.
  Great terror over all Ireland, i.e. from a warning of plague [given] by Iellán's son from Munster.

Inflection

The neuter gender of this word is not directly attested, but the gender can be inferred by the fact that this is a prefixed quasi-verbal noun derived from a strong verb root, for which neuter gender is expected.

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	robud^N	robud^N	robud^L, robtha
vocative	robud^N	robud^N	robud^L, robtha
accusative	robud^N	robud^N	robud^L, robtha
genitive	robuid^L	robud	robud^N
dative	robud^L	robthaib	robthaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: robad, robud
- Irish: rabhadh
- Manx: raaue
- Scottish Gaelic: rabhadh

Mutation

Mutation of *robud*
radical	lenition	nasalization
robud also rrobud in h-prothesis environments	robud pronounced with /ɾ-/	robud also rrobud

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