dúibsi

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• dúbsi

Etymology

dúib +‎ -si

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːvʲsʲi/

Pronoun

dúibsi

1. second-person plural emphatic of do
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14^d17

     coní árim-se peccad libsi uili, ꝉ ara·tart-sa fortacht dúibsi, arnap trom fuirib for n‑oínur

     so that I may not count sin with you all, or so that I may give aid to you lest it be heavy on you by yourselves

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15^d8

     dúbsi glosses uobís immediately followed in a different hand by:

     Is dúibsi proficit; ba coïr dúibsi cía do·berthe testas dinni.

     It is you that it benefits; it would be right for you if you gave testimony of us.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 21^d3

     Niba dimicthe-se libsi cía·béo i fochidib, ar [is] gloria dúibsi ón.

     I should not be despised by you although I may be in sufferings: for this is glory to you.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dúibsi	dúibsi pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndúibsi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.