níbu

See also: nibu and ni-bú

Old Irish

Etymology

ní +‎ ba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈn͈ʲiːbu/

Verb

níbu

third-person singular past indicative negative of is
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 95^a5
  Is ed as·bertis b⟨a⟩ a nert fadesin imme·ḟolnged choscur doib, níbu Día.
  That is, they used to say that it was their own strength that produced victory for them, not God
  (literally, “…it was not God”)
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 65^a1
  Níbu machdath do·rónta día dind lïac.
  It was not a wonder that a god would be made of the stone.

Mutation

Mutation of *níbu*
radical	lenition	nasalization
níbu also nníbu in h-prothesis environments	níbu pronounced with /nʲ-/	níbu also nníbu

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