adbar

Old Irish

Etymology

Perhaps from ad- +‎ the root of feraid (“grant, afford, supply”) and fo·fera (“prepare, provide; cause”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈað.βəɾ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈað.βaɾ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈað.βəɾ]

Noun

adbar n

1. material, matter (kind of substance)
2. reason (excuse, explanation; motive for an action or determination; a cause)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:adbar.

Declension

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	adbarN	adbarN	adbarL, adbara
vocative	adbarN	adbarN	adbarL, adbara
accusative	adbarN	adbarN	adbarL, adbara
genitive	adbairL	adbar	adbarN
dative	adburL	adbaraib	adbaraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Derived terms

• daidbir
• saidbir

Descendants

• Irish: ábhar
• Manx: oyr
• Scottish Gaelic: adhbhar

Mutation

Mutation of adbar

radical	lenition	nasalization
adbar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	adbar	n-adbar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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