gaibid
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gabyeti (“to take, hold”) (compare Welsh gafael), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (compare Latin habeō, German geben).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡavʲiðʲ/
Verb
gaibid (verbal noun gabál)
- to hold, to grasp
- to take hold of
- to take, to seize, to capture
Inflection
Simple, class B II present, s preterite, é future, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Abs. | gaibiu | gaibi | gaibid | gaibmi | gaibthe | gaibit | gaibthir | gaibtir |
| Conj. | ·gaibiu | ·gaibi | ·gaib | ·gaibem | ·gaibid | ·gaibet | ·gaibther | ||
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| Imperfect indicative | |||||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | gabsu | gabsai | gabais | gabsaimmi | gabsait | |||
| Conj. | ·gabus | ·gabais | ·gab | ·gabsam | ·gabsaid | ·gaibset | |||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Abs. | géba | gébae | gébaid | gébmai | gébthae | gébait | ||
| Conj. | ·géb | ·gébae | ·géba | ·gébam | ·gébaid | ·gébat | |||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Conditional | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | gaba | gabae | gabaid | gabmai | gabthae | gabait | ||
| Conj. | ·gab | ·gabae | ·gaba | ·gabam | ·gabaid | ·gabat | |||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Past subjunctive | |||||||||
| Imperative | |||||||||
| Verbal noun | gabál | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Derived terms
- ar·gaib
- con·gaib
- fo·gaib
Descendants
- Irish: gabh
- Manx: gow
- Scottish Gaelic: gabh
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| gaibid | gaibid pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ | ngaibid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “gaibid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.