degaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• digaid

Etymology

From Proto-Goidelic *dī-haɣeθih, from Proto-Celtic *dī-sagetis, from the root of *sagyeti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲeɣɨðʲ]

Noun

degaid f

1. seeking, searching for

Derived terms

• i ndegaid (“after”, literally “in search of”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
degaid	degaid pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndegaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 degaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language