Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *gabyeti (to take, hold) (compare Welsh gafael), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (compare Latin habeō, German geben).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gaibid (verbal noun gabál)

  1. to hold, grasp
  2. to take, seize, capture, gain (victory)
  3. to put on (an article of clothing; with imb + the person on whom the clothing is put)
  4. to utter, declare
  5. to accept [with i (+ accusative) ‘as’]
  6. (in perfect, in nasalized relative clauses) to be (there), exist, be located

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gaibid.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: gabh
  • Manx: gow
  • Scottish Gaelic: gabh

Mutation

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

Further reading

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