fogaib

Old Irish

Etymology

A suppletive verb. Noticeably, its root word gaibid does not contain this suppletion.

• Most of the forms are from fo- +‎ gaibid.
• The preterite forms (·fúair, ·frith etc.) are derived from Proto-Celtic *wourū, with the preterite non-passive forms from the reformed reduplicated preterite *woure and the preterite passive from the past participle *wrītos. These forms are cognate with Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find, discover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸoˈɡaβʲ]

Verb

fo·gaib (prototonic ·fagaib, verbal noun fagbál)

1. to find, to discover
2. to get, to gain, to obtain

Usage notes

fo·gaib is an inherently telic verb and cannot be augmented with ro- (or similar). Unaugmented forms are used in contexts typically requiring augmentation.

Inflection

Complex, class B II present, reduplicated preterite, é future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.			fo·gaib; fo·geib
	Prot.		·fogbai	·fagaib			·fagbat
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.			fo·fuair			fo·fuaratar	fo·frith
	Prot.	·fuar		·fuair					·fritha
Perfect	Deut.
	Prot.
Future	Deut.
	Prot.	·fugéb	·fuigbe					·fuigebthar
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Imperative
Verbal noun		fagbál
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Irish: faigh
• Manx: fow
• Scottish Gaelic: faigh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fo·gaib	fo·gaib pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/	fo·ngaib
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), “fo-gaib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 528–529