bongaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bungeti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboŋɡəðʲ/

Verb

bongaid (conjunct ·boing, verbal noun búain)

  1. to break
  2. to cut
  3. to reap
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from Bodleian MS Laud 610, Corm. La 137
      Nipsa eola imnid odbaig, ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbuṅg.
      I was not acquainted with knotty tribulations, although I reap blistered seaweed.
  4. to pluck
  5. to gather

Inflection

Simple, class B III present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. boingid
conj. ·buṅg ·bongar
rel. bongas
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj. ·bobaig ·bocht
rel. buich
perfect deut.
prot.
future abs. bibhsa
conj. ·biba ·bibsat
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel. bóus
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun búain, boing
past participle bochta
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: boingid, buingid
    • ⇒ Irish: bain (“to take, reap, dig out”)

Mutation

Mutation of bongaid
radical lenition nasalization
bongaid bongaid
pronounced with /β-/		 mbongaid

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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