Muir Robur
Old Irish
Etymology
From muir (“sea”) + a form of Latin ruber (“red”).
Pronunciation
- (nominative, accusative, or vocative singular) IPA(key): /murʲ r͈ovur/
- (dative singular) IPA(key): /murʲ rovur/
Proper noun
Muir Robur n (genitive Moro Robuir)
- the Red Sea
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 96c1
- Du·fuargabsat huisci Moro Robuir intan ro·mboi popul Dǽ for a muir.
- The waters of the Red Sea rose when God's people were on the seashore.
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 96c1
Inflection
| Neuter i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | Muir RoburN | — | — |
| Vocative | Muir RoburN | — | — |
| Accusative | Muir RoburN | — | — |
| Genitive | Moro RobuirL | — | — |
| Dative | Muir RoburL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: Muir Romair, Muir Romor
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Muir Robur also Mmuir Robur after a proclitic | Muir Robur pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ | Muir Robur also Mmuir Robur after a proclitic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “robur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language