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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kantabwiyeti, from *kanta- + *bwiyeti. Cognate with Welsh canfod.[1]
By surface analysis, cét- (“with”) + ·bí (“habitual present form of at·tá”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ceta·bí (verbal noun cétbaid)
- to feel, perceive, sense
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cetabí.
Inflection
Complex, class A III present, á preterite, e subjunctive
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Passive sg.
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ceta·bí
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cita·biat
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| Imperfect indicative
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ceta·bíinn
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·cetfanad
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ceta·roba
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cita·mbénn
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cita·mbetis
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cita·bé
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| Verbal noun
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cétbaid
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| Past participle
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Mutation
Mutation of cetabí
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nasalization
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ceta·bí
pronounced with /-β(ʲ)-/
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ceta·mbí
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kanta-bwi-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188
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