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Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
pósaid
- (Munster) third-person plural present indicative of pós
Usage notes
The equivalent in the standard language is the analytic construction pósann siad.
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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phósaid
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bpósaid
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Middle Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spōnsus (“betrothed”), from spondeō.
Verb
pósaid (verbal noun pósad)
- marry
Descendants
Mutation
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Nasalization
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| pósaid |
phósaid |
pósaid
pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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