forbae

Old Irish

Etymology

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Noun

forbae n

1. verbal noun of for·fen

Inflection

Neuter io-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	forbaeN	forbaeL	forbaeL
vocative	forbaeN	forbaeL	forbaeL
accusative	forbaeN	forbaeL	forbaeL
genitive	forbaiL	forbaeL	forbaeN
dative	forbuL	forbaib	forbaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Middle Irish: forbba
  • Irish: forba

References

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