degaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• digaid

Etymology

From Proto-Goidelic *dī-haɣeθih, from Proto-Celtic *dī-sagetis, from the root of *sagyeti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲeɣɨðʲ]

Noun

degaid f

1. seeking, searching for

Derived terms

• i ndegaid (“after”, literally “in search of”)

Mutation

Mutation of degaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
degaid	degaid pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndegaid

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), “1 degaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language