gaibid

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gabyeti (to take, hold) (compare Welsh gafael), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (compare Latin habeō, German geben).

Pronunciation

Verb

gaibid (verbal noun gabál)

  1. to hold, grasp
  2. to take, seize, capture, gain (victory)
  3. to put on (an article of clothing; with imb + the person on whom the clothing is put)
  4. to utter, declare
  5. to accept
  6. (in perfect, in nasalized relative clauses) to be (there), exist, be located

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gaibid.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: gabh
  • Manx: gow
  • Scottish Gaelic: gabh

Mutation

Mutation of gaibid
radical lenition nasalization
gaibid gaibid
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngaibid

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

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