conbeir

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Old Irish

Etymology

From com- +‎ beirid.

Verb

con·beir (verbal noun compert)

  1. to bring, bear together
  2. to beget, to conceive, bear offspring

Usage notes

  • The two senses ("bring/bear together" and "conceive") seem to conjugate differently in the perfect and possibly other augmented forms. For "bring together", a suppletive stem com- +‎ ro- +‎ ·uic appears; while for "conceive, beget", a non-suppletive stem com- +‎ ad- +‎ ·beir occurs instead.

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive
1st sg. 2nd sg. 3rd sg. 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. Passive sg. Passive pl.
Present indicative Deut. con·biur con·beir con·berat
Prot.
Imperfect indicative Deut.
Prot.
Preterite Deut. con·birt con·bert
Prot. ·combairt
Perfect Deut. cot·n-abairt (with infixed pronoun t-) conda·ruice (normalized conda·ruici, with pronoun da-) cota·ruicset (with infixed pronoun da-)
Prot.
Future Deut.
Prot.
Conditional Deut.
Prot.
Present subjunctive Deut.
Prot.
Past subjunctive Deut. con·berad
Prot.
Imperative
Verbal noun compert
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

References

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