fedb

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *widwā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲeðβ/

Noun

fedb f (genitive fedbae, nominative plural fedba)

1. widow

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fedbL	feidbL	fedbaH
vocative	fedbL	feidbL	fedbaH
accusative	feidbN	feidbL	fedbaH
genitive	fedbaeH	fedbL	fedbN
dative	feidbL	fedbaib	fedbaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Irish: feadhbh (obsolete)

Mutation

Mutation of fedb

radical	lenition	nasalization
fedb	ḟedb	fedb pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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