accobar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *adkubrom, from *kubreti (to wish), from Proto-Indo-European *kwep-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈakovar]

Noun

accobar n (genitive accobair)

  1. verbal noun of ad·cobra
  2. desire, wish
  3. covetousness, greed
  4. carnal desire, lust

For quotations using this term, see Citations:accobar.

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative accobarN accobarN accobarL, accobra
Vocative accobarN accobarN accobarL, accobra
Accusative accobarN accobarN accobarL, accobra
Genitive accobairL accobar accobarN
Dative accobarL, accobur, accubur accobraib accobraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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

Further reading

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