gaibid

Old Irish

Etymology

    From Proto-Celtic *gabyeti (to take, hold) (compare Welsh gafael), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (compare Latin habeō, German geben).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.βʲəðʲ/
      • (Blasse) [ˈɡa.βʲɪðʲ]
      • (Griffith) [ˈɡa.βʲɨðʲ]

    Verb

    gaibid (verbal noun gabál)

    1. to hold, grasp
    2. to take, seize, capture, gain (victory)
    3. to put on (an article of clothing; with imb + the person on whom the clothing is put)
    4. to utter, declare
    5. to sing, recite (a song, psalm, poem etc.)
    6. to accept [with i (+ accusative) ‘as’]
    7. (in perfect, in nasalized relative clauses) to be (there), exist, be located

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:gaibid.

    Inflection

    Simple, class B II present, s preterite, é future, a subjunctive
    active passive
    singular plural singular plural
    1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    present indicative abs. gabim, gaibim, gabimm, gaibimm gaibid; gaibthi (with suffixed pronoun -i) gabit, gaibit gaibthir gaibtir
    conj. ·gabim, ·gaibim, ·gabimm, ·gaibimm ·gaibi ·gaib ·gabet, ·gaibet ·gaibther ·gaibter
    rel. gaibes gaibde gaibther
    imperfect indicative ·gaibed ·gaibtis ·gabthe, ·gaibthe
    preterite abs. gabsu gabis, gabais; gabsi (with suffixed pronoun -i) gabthe
    conj. ·gabus ·gab ·gabsam ·gabsid ·gabsat ·gabath, ·gabad ·gabtha
    rel.
    perfect deut. ro·gabus ro·gab; rund·gab (with infixed pronoun d-) ro·gabsam ro·gabsid ro·gabsat; rund·gabsat (with infixed pronoun d-) ro·gabad, ro·gabath ro·gabtha
    prot. ·rogab ·rogbad, ·rogbath ·ragbtha
    future abs. géba gébaid gébtit (with suffixed pronoun -it)
    conj. ·gébat
    rel. gébas
    conditional ·gébtis, ·gébtais
    present subjunctive abs. gabaid gammai
    conj. ·gaba; ·rogba (ro-form) ·rogbaid (ro-form) ·gabat; ·rogbat (ro-form) ·gabthar ·ragbatar (ro-form)
    rel. gabas
    past subjunctive ·gabad; ·rogbad (ro-form) ·gabthæ, ·gabthe ·gabtis ·gabthe, ·gabthae ·gabtis
    imperative gaib gaibed gaibid
    verbal noun gabál
    past participle
    verbal of necessity gabthi

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Irish: gabh
    • Manx: gow
    • Scottish Gaelic: gabh

    Mutation

    Mutation of gaibid
    radical lenition nasalization
    gaibid gaibid
    pronounced with /ɣ-/
    ngaibid

    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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