donaibhí

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• dunaibhí

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [donɨˈβʲiː]

Pronoun

donaibhí

1. Univerbation of do (“to”) +‎ *inaibhí (“the one who”, dative plural)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 35^a17

     Air cía dunaibhí do·foirmsed?

     For to whom would he add?

     (literally, “For who are the ones to whom he would add?”)

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 46^c7

     dona⟨ib⟩hí dïand·rérchoíl intí Día

     to those for whom God himself has determined it

Usage notes

The attestation at Ml. 46^c7 is written donahí, which is probably simply a scribal error, but may indicate a conflation of the dative plural with the accusative plural form innahí.