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)

  1. to hold, to grasp
  2. to take hold of
  3. to take, to seize, to capture

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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.
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