cétbuid

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

cét- +‎ buith.

Noun

cétbuid f (genitive cétbada or cétbutho, nominative plural céitbuidi)

  1. verbal noun of ceta·bí: sense, feeling
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 24b4
      Is uaísliu cach ceítbuid córe.
      Peace is nobler than any feeling.
  2. meaning, interpretation
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 25b7
      do láni chétbutho inna huilae insce
      for the fullness of the meaning of the discourse
  3. opinion, thinking
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 36a1
      Nícon·tarat athis fora chomnesam, is sí cétbaid ala n-aile ant-sin.
      He has not put reproach on his neighbour; that is the opinion of some of the others there.

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cétbuid, cétbuid cétbuidL, cétbuid cétbaidiH, cétbuidiH
Vocative cétbuid, cétbuid cétbuidL, cétbuid cétbaidiH, cétbuidiH
Accusative cétbuidN, cétbuid cétbuidL, cétbuid cétbaidiH, cétbuidiH
Genitive cétbadoH, cétbadaH, cétbuthoH cétbadoH, cétbadaH, cétbuthoH cétbaideN, cétbuide
Dative cétbuidL, cétbuid cétbaidib, cétbuidib cétbaidib, cétbuidib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of cétbuid
radical lenition nasalization
cétbaid chétbaid cétbaid
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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