Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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 [+ 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 edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

Mutation edit

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 edit