fogaib

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Old Irish

Etymology

A suppletive verb. Noticeably, its root word gaibid does not contain this suppletion.

  • Most of the forms are from fo- +‎ gaibid.
  • The preterite forms (·fúair, ·frith etc.) are derived from Proto-Celtic *wourū, with the preterite non-passive forms from the reformed reduplicated preterite *woure and the preterite passive from the past participle *wrītos. These forms are cognate with Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find, discover”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

fo·gaib (prototonic ·fagaib, verbal noun fagbál)

  1. to find, to discover
  2. to get, to gain, to obtain

Usage notes

fo·gaib is an inherently telic verb and cannot be augmented with ro- (or similar). Unaugmented forms are used in contexts typically requiring augmentation.[2]

Inflection

Complex, class B II present, reduplicated preterite, é future, a subjunctive
1st sg. 2nd sg. 3rd sg. 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. Passive sg. Passive pl.
Present indicative Deut. fo·gaib; fo·geib
Prot. ·fogbai ·fagaib ·fagbat
Imperfect indicative Deut.
Prot.
Preterite Deut. fo·fuair fo·fuaratar fo·frith
Prot. ·fuar ·fuair ·fritha
Perfect Deut.
Prot.
Future Deut.
Prot. ·fugéb ·fuigbe ·fuigebthar
Conditional Deut.
Prot.
Present subjunctive Deut.
Prot.
Past subjunctive Deut.
Prot.
Imperative
Verbal noun fagbál
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Irish: faigh
  • Manx: fow
  • Scottish Gaelic: faigh

Mutation

Mutation of fogaib
radical lenition nasalization
fo·gaib fo·gaib
pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		fo·ngaib

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wer-V-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 414
  2. ^ McCone, Kim (1997) The Early Irish Verb (Maynooth Monographs 1), 2nd edition, Maynooth: An Sagart, →ISBN, page 146

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