foácaib

Old Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ ad- +‎ gaibid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɸoˈhaː.ɡəβʲ/
    • (Blasse) [ɸoˈhaː.ɡɪβʲ]
    • (Griffith) [ɸoˈhaː.ɡɨβʲ]

Verb

fo·ácaib (conjunct ·facaib, verbal noun fácbáil)

  1. to leave
  2. to depart from
  3. to relinquish

Inflection

Complex, class B II present, s preterite, é future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. fo·fácaib (with spurious f- in root) fo·ácbat, fu·ácbat
prot. ·facaib ·facabar
imperfect indicative deut.
prot. ·facabtais
preterite deut.
prot. ·fáccab
perfect deut. fo·rácbus fo·ragabsat
prot.
future deut.
prot. ·fáiceb, ·fuicéb ·faicebat, ·foigebat ·faicebthair ·faicebtair
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot. ·farcab (ro-form) ·fácba ·fargbaid (ro-form)
past subjunctive deut.
prot. ·farcabtis
imperative
verbal noun fácbáil
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: fácbaid

Mutation

Mutation of fo·ácaib
radical lenition nasalization
fo·ácaib
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
fo·ácaib fo·n-ácaib

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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