mebuir

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin memoria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲeṽurʲ/

Noun

mebuir f (genitive mebra)

  1. recollection, memory

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mebuir
Vocative mebuir
Accusative mebuirN
Genitive mebroH, mebraH
Dative mebuirL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: mebair, mebar, memor
    • Irish: meabhair
    • Scottish Gaelic: meomhair

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
mebuir
also mmebuir after a proclitic
mebuir
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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