braigid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bragyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”).[1]

Verb

braigid (verbal noun broimm)

  1. (hapax legomenon) to fart, flatulate

Inflection

Being a hapax legomenon, the inflection of this verb is not directly attested and can only be inferred from descendants and etymology. The St. Gall Priscian Glosses database tentatively classifies this verb as A II;[2] however the reduplicated perfect form ro·bebraig attested in a Middle Irish section of the Book of Fermoy virtually guarantees that this verb was in fact a strong verb. Matasović's etymology assumes that the verb is B II.

Simple, class B II present, reduplicated preterite
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. braigim
conj.
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj.
rel.
perfect deut.
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun broimm
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: braigid

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brag-(y)o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 73
  2. ^ Bernhard Bauer, Rijcklof Hofman, Pádraic Moran, St Gall Priscian Glosses, version 2.0 (2017), accessed 4 December 2020

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