doaithbig

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ aith- +‎ Proto-Celtic *begeti. *Begeti was soon conflated with bongaid of similar meaning, leading to sporadic exchanges of forms.

Verb

do·aithbig (verbal noun taidbech)

  1. (law) to annul, abrogate
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 22b2
      do·aithbiuch [nó] ni·oirdnimm [nó] ualligim.
      (glossing Latin abrogo) I break [a bargain], or I do not ordain, or I arrogate.

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. do·aithbiuch do·athbongar
prot. ·tathbongat
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut. to·aithib do·aithmet do·aithbestar
prot. ·taithmis
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun taidbech
past participle
verbal of necessity taidbecti

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: taithmigid

Mutation

Mutation of do·aithbig
radical lenition nasalization
do·aithbig
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 do·aithbig do·n-aithbig

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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