airbe

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾʲ.βʲe/

Noun

airbe n

1. verbal noun of ar·fen
2. fence
3. hedge
4. animal pen

Inflection

Neuter io-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	airbeN	airbeL	airbeL
vocative	airbeN	airbeL	airbeL
accusative	airbeN	airbeL	airbeL
genitive	airbiL	airbeL	airbeN
dative	airbiuL	airbib	airbib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: airbhe

Mutation

Mutation of airbe

radical	lenition	nasalization
airbe (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	airbe	n-airbe

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airbe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language