sáebaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From sáeb (“crooked, twisted”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsaːi̯βɨðʲ]

Verb

sáebaid

  1. to pervert
    • 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. 24d24
      Ro·légsat canóin f⟨e⟩tarlaici ⁊ núḟíadnissi amal runda·légsam-ni, acht ronda·saíbset-som tantum.
      They have read the canon of the Old Testament and of the New Testament as we have read it, except only that they have perverted it.

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. sáebait
conj. ·sáebthar
rel. saíbes (with A II inflection) sáebthar
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj. ·sáebais ·sáeb ·sáebsat; ·saíbset (inflected like an A II present) ·sáebad
rel.
perfect deut. ro·sáebais ro·sáeb ro·sáebsat; ronda·saíbset (with infixed pronoun da-; inflected like an A II present) ro·sáebad
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs. sáebait
conj. ·sáebthar
rel. sáebthar
past subjunctive
imperative sáebthar
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

  • con·sáeba

Descendants

  • Irish: saobh

Mutation

Mutation of sáebaid
radical lenition nasalization
sáebaid ṡáebaid sáebaid

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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