delbaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From delb +‎ -aid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲel.βəðʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈd̠ʲel.βɪðʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈd̠ʲel.βɨðʲ]

Verb

delbaid (prototonic ·delba, verbal noun delbad)

1. to shape, to form

Inflection

Simple, class A I present

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	abs.	delbaim		delbait
	conj.	·delbaim		·delba
	rel.			delbas
imperfect indicative				·delbad			·delbtais
preterite	abs.			delbais
	conj.	·delbus	·delbais	·delb			·delbsat
	rel.
perfect	deut.	ro·delbus		ro·delb
	prot.
future	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.			delbait
	conj.			·delba
	rel.			delbas
past subjunctive				delbad			·delbtais
imperative				delbad
verbal noun		delbad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of delbaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
delbaid	delbaid pronounced with /ðʲ-/	ndelbaid

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