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adcobra

adcobra

Old Irish

Verb

ad·cobra (prototonic ·accobra)

  1. to wish, want, desire

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ad·cobra ad·chobra ad·cobra
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • ad·cobra” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 25