congbál

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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congbál f (genitive congbálae, nominative plural congbála)

  1. verbal noun of con·gaib: keeping, maintenance, containing
    • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 60, pages 115-179:
      "Is deithbir," olse, "cid ansa[e] don c[h]urp hi·tá a tóla[e] mora-sa a congbal."
      "No wonder," he said, "if it is difficult for the body, in which there are strong currents, to contain itself.
  2. settlement

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative congbálL congbáilL congbálaH
Vocative congbálL congbáilL congbálaH
Accusative congbáilN congbáilL congbálaH
Genitive congbálaeH congbálL congbálN
Dative congbáilL congbálaib congbálaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: congbáil

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
congbáil chongbáil congbáil
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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