atrab
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- attrab
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *attrebā.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈatr͈əv/
Noun
atrab n (genitive aitrib)
- verbal noun of ad·treba: inhabiting, possession
- dwelling, house
Inflection
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | atrabN | atrabN | atrabL, atraba |
| Vocative | atrabN | atrabN | atrabL, atraba |
| Accusative | atrabN | atrabN | atrabL, atraba |
| Genitive | aitribL | atrab | atrabN |
| Dative | atrubL | atrabaib | atrabaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: aitreb
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*attrebā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 46
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “attrab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language