díthrub

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Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dí- +‎ treb

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

díthrub m or f (genitive díthruib or díthruba or díthreibe, nominative plural díthruib)

  1. wilderness
    • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
      Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑aí fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.
      It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.

Declension[edit]

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative díthrub díthrubL díthruibL
Vocative díthruib díthrubL díthrubuH
Accusative díthrubN díthrubL díthrubuH
Genitive díthruibL díthrub díthrubN
Dative díthrubL díthrubaib díthrubaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative díthrubL díthruibL díthrubaH
Vocative díthrubL díthruibL díthrubaH
Accusative díthruibN díthruibL díthrubaH
Genitive díthreibeH díthrubL díthrubN
Dative díthruibL díthrubaib díthrubaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative díthrub díthrubL díthrubaeH
Vocative díthrub díthrubL díthrubu
Accusative díthrubN díthrubL díthrubu
Genitive díthruboH, díthrubaH díthruboL, díthrubaL díthrubaeN
Dative díthrubL díthrubaib díthrubaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: díthreabh
  • Scottish Gaelic: dìthreabh

Mutation[edit]

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

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