labraithir
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- labrithir
Etymology
From labar + -aid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈl͈avriθʲirʲ/
Verb
labraithir (verbal noun labrad)
- to speak, to say
- 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. 159a2
- Air in tan no·labrither in cétni persin ƚ in tánaisi do·adbit ainm hi suidiu.
- For when you say the first person or the second, you show a noun in this.
- 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. 159a2
Inflection
Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive, deponent
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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| Present indicative | Abs. | labrur | labr(a)ither | ·labr(a)ithir | labr(a)immir | labr(a)ithe | ·labr(a)itir | ||
| Conj. | ·labrur | ·labr(a)ither | ·labrathar | ·labrammar | ·labr(a)id | ·labratar | |||
| Rel. | labrathar | labrammar | labratar | ||||||
| Imperfect indicative | ·labr(a)inn | ·labratha | ·labrad | ·labramais | ·labrathae | ·labratais | |||
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| Verbal noun | labrad | ||||||||
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Descendants
- Irish: labhair
- Manx: loayr
- Scottish Gaelic: labhair
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| labraithir also llabraithir after a proclitic | labraithir pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ | labraithir also llabraithir after a proclitic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “labraithir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.