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): [ˈɡaβʲiðʲ]

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 accept [with i (+ accusative) ‘as’]
  6. (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 ·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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