See also: arƀed

English edit

Verb edit

arbed

  1. simple past and past participle of arb

Anagrams edit

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *ɸare-kʷet-; compare Old Irish ar·ceissi (have mercy on).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

arbed (first-person singular present arbedaf)

  1. to save (help survive, rescue; store for future use)
  2. to spare (preserve from danger or punishment)

Conjugation edit

  • Obsolete third-person singular present indicative/future: erbyd

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
arbed unchanged unchanged harbed
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fare-kʷet-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 123

Further reading edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “arbedaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies