díbir

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish díbrid (to banish, expel), from Old Irish do·opir (to take away, defraud), from dí- +‎ uss- +‎ beirid.

Pronunciation

Verb

díbir (present analytic díbríonn, future analytic díbreoidh, verbal noun díbirt, past participle díbeartha)

  1. to drive out, expel
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 198:
      Is dócha, do díbrigheadh an cailín as a dtigh agus is é bhí tuillte aici.
      Probably, the girl was expelled from their house and she deserved it.
  2. to exile, banish

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
díbir dhíbir ndíbir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “díbrid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do·opir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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