arbiatha

Old Irish

Etymology

Prefixed with ar-. A denominal derivative of biad (“food”).

Verb

ar·biatha (prototonic ·erbiatha, verbal noun airbiathad)

1. to feed, nourish
2. (law) to pay rent for food

Inflection

Complex, class A I present

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	deut.	ar·biathim		ar·biatha; ar·biathar (deponent)
	prot.			·erbiatha				·airbiathar
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		airbiathad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of arbiatha

radical	lenition	nasalization
ar·biatha	ar·biatha pronounced with /-β(ʲ)-/	ar·mbiatha

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ar-biatha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language