From Proto-Celtic *gabyeti (“to take, hold”) (compare Welsh gafael), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (compare Latin habeō, German geben).
gaibid (verbal noun gabál)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:gaibid.
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Abs. | gabim, gaibim, gabimm, gaibimm | gaibid; gaibthi (with suffixed pronoun -i) | gabit, gaibit | gaibthir | gaibtir | |||
| Conj. | ·gabim, ·gaibim, ·gabimm, ·gaibimm | ·gaibi | ·gaib | ·gaibther | ·gaibter | ||||
| Rel. | gaibes | gaibde | gaibther | ||||||
| Imperfect indicative | ·gaibed | ·gaibtis | ·gaibthe | ||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | gabsu | gabis, gabais; gabsi (with suffixed pronoun -i) | gabthe | |||||
| Conj. | ·gabus | ·gab | ·gabsam | ·gabsid | ·gabsat | ·gabath, ·gabad | ·gabtha | ||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ro·gabus | ro·gab; rund·gab (with infixed pronoun d-) | ro·gabsam | ro·gabsid | ro·gabsat; rund·gabsat (with infixed pronoun d-) | ro·gabad, ro·gabath | ro·gabtha | |
| Prot. | ·rogab | ·rogbad, ·rogbath | ·ragbtha | ||||||
| Future | Abs. | géba | gébaid | gébtit (with suffixed pronoun -it) | |||||
| Conj. | ·gébat | ||||||||
| Rel. | gébas | ||||||||
| Conditional | ·gébtis, ·gébtais | ||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | gabaid | gammai | ||||||
| Conj. | ·gaba; ·rogba (ro-form) | ·rogbaid (ro-form) | ·rogbat (ro-form) | ·gabthar | ·ragbatar (ro-form) | ||||
| Rel. | gabas | ||||||||
| Past subjunctive | ·gabad; ·rogbad (ro-form) | ·gabthæ, ·gabthe | ·gabtis | ·gabthe, ·gabthae | ·gabtis | ||||
| Imperative | gaib | gaibed | gaibid | ||||||
| Verbal noun | gabál | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | gabthi | ||||||||
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| gaibid | gaibid pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngaibid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||