siblaid

Middle Irish

Etymology

Back-formation from the reduplicated preterite siblais of silid (“to flow”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (earlier) /ˈɕiβləðʲ/, (later) /ˈɕiβləɣʲ/

Verb

siblaid (verbal noun sibal or siblad)

  1. to travel, traverse, proceed, move, walk
  2. to flow (of water)
  3. (figuratively) to go over, examine

Derived terms

  • Irish: siúil
  • Manx: shooyl
  • Scottish Gaelic: siubhail

Mutation

Mutation of siblaid
radical lenition nasalization
siblaid ṡiblaid unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 816.2 Anm. 2, page 623

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