torbae
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Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]torbae n (genitive torbai, no plural)
- verbal noun of do·rorban
- profit, benefit, use
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter io-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | torbaeN, torbe | — | — |
| Vocative | torbaeN | — | — |
| Accusative | torbaeN, torbe | — | — |
| Genitive | torbaiL, torbiL | — | — |
| Dative | torbuL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Quotations
[edit]- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c32
- Acht nammáa is samlid is torbe són, co eter·certa a n‑as·bera et con·rucca i n‑ætarcne cáich.
- But it is only thus that this is a profit, that he may interpret what he says and bring it into everyone’s understanding.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c36
- Cote mo thorbe-se dúib mad [a]mne labrar?
- What do I profit you pl if it be thus that I speak (subj.)?
- (literally, “what is my profit to you…”)
- 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. 120c7
- cid torbae ara·torsata ⁊ cía gním du·gníat inna dúli
- what use the elements have been created for and what work they do
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| torbae | thorbae | torbae pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “torbae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 647.11 Anm., pages 445–446
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 529