argaib

Old Irish

Etymology

From ar- +‎ gaibid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [arˈɡaβʲ]

Verb

ar·gaib

1. to seize, to capture

Inflection

Complex, class B II present, s preterite, é future, a subjunctive

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	deut.			arit·ngaib (with infixed pronoun t-)			ar·gaibet
	prot.							·aurgabar; ·airgaibther
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.			arda·gaib (with infixed pronoun da-)			ara·ngabsat (with infixed pronoun a-)
	prot.								·argabait
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	deut.		ar·géba						ar·gébtar
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.			·ergébad
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.			·arrgabad (ro-form)
imperative
verbal noun		ergabáil
past participle		aurgabtha
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: aurgaibid
  • Irish: urghabh

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “argaib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 531