Do we know what the name "cairbre" means, etymologically? I could have sworn I read it was related to "carpat" somewhere but now I can't find any evidence of that. @ChronHib @eDIL_Dictionary
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @eDIL_Dictionary
Cairbre is a younger form of Coirbre (var. Corpre etc.), attested on Ogam as CORRBRI [M 10] and CORIBIRI [M 106]. It has been suggested to be a derivative of corb + agentive suffixe *-eri̯o-. Formally this does indeed look like the best analysis, but it has the disadvantage...
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...that we don't know what corb means. The word only occurs in etymological glosses of this and other names (Cor(b)mac, Nia Corb, Mug Corb), where it is explained as carpat "chariot", but this may only be an explanation triggered by the outward resemblance.
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Is there any possibility that corb is related to the same word meaning raven!?
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Is there an Irish word corb "raven"? I only know Lat. coruus. In any case, such a word would probably have a /v/ = ModIr. *corbh, whereas the name element corb has a /b/, as can be seen from Og. CORB- and spellings such as Corbb/Corp.
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I don't think there is an attested Irish word 'corb' for raven. But I think corb is a word for raven in other countries. I was just conjecturing a possible relationship between Irish corb and the others, which assumedly derive from coruus.
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Well, the MIr for raven is fitheach, and crow is beanna. Fiach is the OIr for raven. OIr for crow seems to have a few words, badb (hooded crow), adircliu, there are several others according to eDIL but none seem to be linked to coruus.
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Oops got the beanna wrong. Google is not my friend today. Not sure what the MIr is for crow in this case.
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