cétgabáil

Middle Irish

Etymology

cét- + gabáil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲeːdˌɣavaːlʲ/

Noun

cétgabáil f

  1. the first taking
    • c. 1000, Anonymous; published in (1935), Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 14, page 2: “In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed. [Each man who came along the passage would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate. (literally, The man who…)]”

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cétgabáilchétgabáilcétgabáil
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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