ócbál
Old Irish
Etymology
From uss- + gabál.
Noun
ócbál f
- rising, raising
- c. 850, Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 18d2
- Nomen dunaib erdomnaib i mbí ind ócbál frisa rind. Absidias .i. circulos .i. fu bíth do·ṅgníat cercol ocond ocbáil.
- Name for the depths [?] wherein is the rising up to the constellation. Absidias, i.e. circulos, because they make a circle in the rising.
- c. 850, Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 18d2
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ócbálL | ócbáilL | ócbálaH |
| Vocative | ócbálL | ócbáilL | ócbálaH |
| Accusative | ócbáilN | ócbáilL | ócbálaH |
| Genitive | ócbálaeH | ócbálL | ócbálN |
| Dative | ócbáilL | ócbálaib | ócbálaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: ócbáil, ógbáil
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ócbál | unchanged | n-ócbál |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ócbál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language