tabairt

Old Irish

Alternative forms

tabart (original nominative)
tabirt

Etymology

From to- +‎ bert.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtaβər͈ʲtʲ/, [ˈtaβɨr͈ʲtʲ]

Noun

tabairt f

verbal noun of do·beir
- 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. 6^a13
  is deidbir ha áigthiu ar is do thabirt díglae berid in claideb sin
  it is reasonable to fear him, for it is to inflict punishment that he bears that sword
- 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. 22^c10
  Is bés trá dosom aní-siu cosc inna mban i tossug et a tabairt fo chumacte a feir, armbat irlamu de ind ḟir fo chumacte Dǽi, co·mbí íarum coscitir ind ḟir et do·airbertar fo réir Dǽ.
  This, then, is a custom of his, to correct the wives at first and to bring them under the power of their husbands, so that the husbands may be the readier under God’s power, so that afterwards the husbands are corrected and bowed down in subjection to God.
- 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. 74^c20
  Húare ro·comallada inna imneda ⁊ fo·ruirmed cenn forsnaib cotarsnaib du·rairngirt-siu, is fíri{ri}én trá fuä n-indas sin tabart díglae foraibsom.
  Because the troubles have been fulfilled, and an end has been put to the adversities that you sg have promised, it is just, then, to inflict vengeance on them in that way.
gift
wage

Usage notes

The form tabairt was originally the accusative/dative singular form to the nominative tabart, but since verbal nouns are most often found as the object of a preposition in Old Irish, this form spread to the nominative already in the course of Old Irish.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tabairt^L, tabart	tabairt^L	tabartha^H
Vocative	tabairt^L, tabart	tabairt^L	tabartha^H
Accusative	tabairt^N	tabairt^L	tabartha^H
Genitive	tabairte^H	tabairt^L	tabairt^N
Dative	tabairt^L	tabarthaib	tabarthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: tabhairt
Scottish Gaelic: toirt
Manx: toyrt, coyrt (the latter with conflation with cor (“putting”))

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tabairt	thabairt	tabairt pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.