pósaid

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pˠoːsˠədʲ/

Verb

pósaid

1. (Munster) third-person plural present indicative of pós

Usage notes

The equivalent in the standard language is the analytic construction pósann siad.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pósaid	phósaid	bpósaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spōnsus (“betrothed”), from spondeō.

Verb

pósaid (verbal noun pósad)

1. marry

Descendants

• Irish: pós
• Manx: poos
• Scottish Gaelic: pòs

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
pósaid	phósaid	pósaid pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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