siblaid

Middle Irish

Etymology

Back-formation from the reduplicated preterite siblais of silid (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (earlier) /ˈɕiβləðʲ/, (later) /ˈɕiβləɣʲ/

Verb

siblaid (verbal noun sibal or siblad)

1. to travel, traverse, proceed, move, walk
2. to flow (of water)
3. (figuratively) to go over, examine

Derived terms

• Irish: siúil
• Manx: shooyl
• Scottish Gaelic: siubhail

Mutation

Mutation of siblaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
siblaid	ṡiblaid	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle 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), “siblaid, siblaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language