cetabí

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kantabwiyeti, from *kanta- +‎ *bwiyeti. Cognate with Welsh canfod.[1]

By surface analysis, cét- (“with”) +‎ ·bí (“habitual present form of at·tá”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲe.daˈbiː/

Verb

ceta·bí (verbal noun cétbaid)

  1. to feel, perceive, sense

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cetabí.

Inflection

Complex, class A III present, á preterite, e subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. ceta·bí cita·biat
prot.
imperfect indicative deut. ceta·bíinn
prot. ·cetfanad
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. ceta·roba
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut. cita·mbénn cita·mbetis
prot.
present subjunctive deut. cita·bé
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun cétbaid
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of ceta·bí
radical lenition nasalization
ceta·bí ceta·bí
pronounced with /βʲ-/		 ceta·mbí

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kanta-bwi-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188

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