ibh

See also: -ibh and íbh

Translingual

Symbol

ibh

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bih.

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ibid (compare Manx iu), from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti (compare Latin bibō, Sanskrit पिबति (pibati), Old Church Slavonic пити (piti), Ancient Greek πίνω (pínō)), from *peh₃-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪvʲ/

Verb

ibh (present analytic ibheann, future analytic ibhfidh, verbal noun ibhe, past participle ife)

(literary, ambitransitive) drink
Synonym: ól (the usual word)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ibh* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	ibhim	ibheann tú; ibhir^†	ibheann sé, sí	ibhimid; ibheann muid	ibheann sibh	ibheann siad; ibhid^†	a ibheann; a ibheas	ibhtear
past	d'ibh mé; d'ibheas / ibh mé^‡; ibheas^‡	d'ibh tú; d'ibhis / ibh tú^‡; ibhis^‡	d'ibh sé, sí / ibh sé, sí^‡	d'ibheamar; d'ibh muid / ibheamar^‡; ibh muid^‡	d'ibh sibh; d'ibheabhair / ibh sibh^‡; ibheabhair^‡	d'ibh siad; d'ibheadar / ibh siad^‡; ibheadar^‡	a d'ibh	ibheadh; hibheadh^†
past habitual	d'ibhinn / ibhinn^‡	d'ibhteá / ibhteá^‡	d'ibheadh sé, sí / ibheadh sé, sí^‡	d'ibhimis; d'ibheadh muid / ibhimis^‡; ibheadh muid^‡	d'ibheadh sibh / ibheadh sibh^‡	d'ibhidís; d'ibheadh siad / ibhidís^‡; ibheadh siad^‡	a d'ibheadh	d'ibhtí / ibhtí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	ibhfidh mé; ibhfead	ibhfidh tú; ibhfir^†	ibhfidh sé, sí	ibhfimid; ibhfidh muid	ibhfidh sibh	ibhfidh siad; ibhfid^†	a ibhfidh; a ibhfeas	ibhfear
conditional	d'ibhfinn / ibhfinn^‡	d'ibhfeá / ibhfeá^‡	d'ibhfeadh sé, sí / ibhfeadh sé, sí^‡	d'ibhfimis; d'ibhfeadh muid / ibhfimis^‡; ibhfeadh muid^‡	d'ibhfeadh sibh / ibhfeadh sibh^‡	d'ibhfidís; d'ibhfeadh siad / ibhfidís^‡; ibhfeadh siad^‡	a d'ibhfeadh	d'ibhfí / ibhfí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go n-ibhe mé; go n-ibhead^†	go n-ibhe tú; go n-ibhir^†	go n-ibhe sé, sí	go n-ibhimid; go n-ibhe muid	go n-ibhe sibh	go n-ibhe siad; go n-ibhid^†	—	go n-ibhtear
past	dá n-ibhinn	dá n-ibhteá	dá n-ibheadh sé, sí	dá n-ibhimis; dá n-ibheadh muid	dá n-ibheadh sibh	dá n-ibhidís; dá n-ibheadh siad	—	dá n-ibhtí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	ibhim	ibh	ibheadh sé, sí	ibhimis	ibhigí; ibhidh^†	ibhidís	—	ibhtear

past participle	ife

verbal noun	ibhe

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Alternative forms

íbh

Etymology 2

See sibh.

Pronoun

ibh (emphatic form ibhse, conjunctive and disjunctive)

nonstandard form of sibh

Mutation

Mutated forms of *ibh*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ibh	n-ibh	hibh	not applicable

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ibh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN