bongaid

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bungeti.

Pronunciation

Verb

bongaid (conjunct ·boing, verbal noun búain)

  1. to break
  2. to cut
  3. to reap
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from Bodleian MS Laud 610, Corm. La 137
      Nipsa eola imnid odbaig, ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbuṅg.
      I was not acquainted with knotty tribulations, although I reap blistered seaweed.
  4. to pluck
  5. to gather

Inflection

Simple, class B III present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
1st sg. 2nd sg. 3rd sg. 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. Passive sg. Passive pl.
Present indicative Abs. boingid
Conj. ·buṅg ·bongar
Rel. bongas
Imperfect indicative
Preterite Abs.
Conj. ·bobaig ·bocht
Rel. buich
Perfect Deut.
Prot.
Future Abs. bibhsa
Conj. ·biba ·bibsat
Rel.
Conditional
Present subjunctive Abs.
Conj.
Rel. bóus
Past subjunctive
Imperative
Verbal noun búain, boing
Past participle bochta
Verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: boingid, buingid
    • ⇒ Irish: bain (“to take, reap, dig out”)

Mutation

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

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