claideb

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kladiwos. Compare Welsh cleddyf, Breton klezeñv.

Noun

claideb m (genitive claidib, nominative plural claidib)

1. sword

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	claideb	claidebL	claidibL
vocative	claidib	claidebL	claidbiuH
accusative	claidebN	claidebL	claidbiuH
genitive	claidibL	claideb	claidebN
dative	claidiubL	claidbib	claidbib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Middle Irish: claidem
  • Irish: claíomh, claidheamh
  • Manx: cliwe
  • Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh

Mutation

Mutation of claideb

radical	lenition	nasalization
claideb	chlaideb	claideb pronounced with /ɡ-/

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), “claideb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language