súil ribe
Irish
Alternative forms
- súil-ribe, súil ruibe
Etymology
Literally “eye of a snare”, from Middle Irish rib (“snare”), conflated with ruibe (“(individual) hair”) (now spelled ribe).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsˠuːlʲ ˈɾˠɪbʲə/
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| súil ribe | shúil ribe after an, tsúil ribe |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “súil-ribe” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “ribe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "ribe" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- M. L. Sjoestedt, 1931, Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, p. 30.
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