esbae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ess- + báe (benefit, use).

Noun

esbae m

  1. uselessness, folly

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative esbae esbaeL esbaiL
Vocative esbai esbaeL esbu
Accusative esbaeN esbaeL esbuH
Genitive esbaiL esbaeL esbaeN
Dative esbuL esbaib esbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: espa

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
esbae unchanged n-esbae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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