bélrae
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- béelre, béllrae, bélre, bérle
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːl͈re/
Noun
bélrae n
- language, speech
- Synonym: tengae
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 31b23
- in bélrai .i. is and atá gním tengad isind huiliu labramar-ni
- of speech, i.e. the action of the tongue is in all that we say
Inflection
| Neuter io-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | bélraeN | bélraeL | bélraeL |
| Vocative | bélraeN | bélraeL | bélraeL |
| Accusative | bélraeN | bélraeL | bélraeL |
| Genitive | bélraiL | bélraeL | bélraeN |
| Dative | bélruL | bélraib | bélraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| bélrae | bélrae pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbélrae |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bélrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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