aub

See also: AUB, a.u.b., and ǁaub

Translingual

Symbol

aub

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Alugu.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Alugu terms

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ab, ob, oub

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *abū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eb- (“water”).

Compare Welsh afon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈau̯β/

Noun

aub f (genitive abae)

1. river

Declension

This term inflects irregularly, with the neuter n-stem declension interfering with many case forms, like in the genitive singular and dative plural. Due to this haphazard hybridization, many forms of the paradigm cannot be reconstructed with confidence.

Feminine n-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	aub, ab	*abainnL	aibnea
vocative	aub, ab	*abainnL	aibneaH
accusative	abainnN	*abainnL	aibneaH
genitive	abae	*abannL	*abannN
dative	abainnL	aibnib	aibnib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Middle Irish: ab, aband, abann
  • Irish: abha, abhainn
  • Manx: awin
  • Scottish Gaelic: abhainn

Mutation

Mutation of aub

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

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

References

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