Old Irish

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Etymology

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From com- +‎ beirid.

Verb

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con·beir (verbal noun compert)

  1. to bring, bear together
  2. to beget, to conceive, bear offspring

Usage notes

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  • The two senses ("bring/bear together" and "conceive") seem to conjugate differently in the perfect and possibly other augmented forms. For "bring together", a suppletive stem com- +‎ ro- +‎ ·uic appears; while for "conceive, beget", a non-suppletive stem com- +‎ ad- +‎ ·beir occurs instead.

Inflection

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