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Old Irish
Etymology
From com- + gaibid.
Pronunciation
Verb
con·gaib (verbal noun congbál)
- to contain
- to preserve, to keep
- to uphold
Inflection
Complex, class B II present, s preterite, é future, a subjunctive
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “congaib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 528