fedb

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fedb f (genitive fedbae, nominative plural fedba)

  1. widow

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

  • Irish: feadhbh (obsolete)

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fedb ḟedb fedb
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fedb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language