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ebla

ebla

See also: -ebla

Esperanto

Adjective

ebla (accusative singular eblan, plural eblaj, accusative plural eblajn)

  1. possible

Antonyms

Derived terms


Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈevla/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ɸiɸlāti, reduplicated future of *ɸel-, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (compare Latin pellō).

Verb

·ebla

  1. third-person singular future conjunct of aigid
Related terms
  • eblaid (absolute)

Etymology 2

With eb- extracted from reduplicated futures like ebarthi (will bestow it) (from Proto-Celtic *ɸiɸrāti) and ·ebla¹ (will drive) (from Proto-Celtic *ɸiɸlāti) and reinterpreted as a future marker.[1]

Alternative forms

  • ·ebela

Verb

·ebla

  1. third-person singular future conjunct of ailid

References

  1. Thurneysen, Grammar of Old Irish, § 649

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·ebla unchanged ·n-ebla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.