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Middle English
Prefix
b-
- (in certain words) alternative form of bi-
Old Irish
Prefix
b- (class A infixed pronoun)
- you (plural object pronoun)
- no- + ·tá (“there is”) + b- → nob·tá (“there is to you, i.e. you have”)
Derived terms
See also
Old Irish affixed pronouns
See Appendix:Old Irish affixed pronouns for details on how these forms are used.
Note that the so-called “infixed” pronouns are technically prefixes, but they are never the first prefix in a verbal complex.
|
person
|
infixed
|
suffixed
|
class A
|
class B
|
class C
|
1 sg
|
m-L
|
dom-L, dam-L
|
-um
|
2 sg
|
t-L
|
dot-L, dat-L, dut-L, dit-L
|
-ut
|
3 sg m
|
a-N, e-N
|
d-N
|
id-N, did-N, d-N
|
-i, -it
|
3 sg f
|
s-(N)
|
da-
|
-us
|
3 sg n
|
a-L, e-L
|
d-L
|
id-L, did-L, d-L
|
-i, -it
|
1 pl
|
n-
|
don-, dun-, dan-
|
-unn
|
2 pl
|
b-
|
dob-, dub-, dab-
|
-uib
|
3 pl
|
s-(N)
|
da-
|
-us
|
L means this form triggers lenition.
N means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis)
(N) means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.