dobidci

Old Irish

Etymology

A highly suppletive verb; the deuterotonic and prototonic forms of this verb are derived from two unrelated roots. A similar setup is seen in fo·ceird. Both of these roots have been prefixed with dí-.

• The deuterotonic stems are of uncertain origin, but it is definitely related to bedg.
• The prototonic stems are from Proto-Celtic *borgīti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-, and cognate to Welsh bwrw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪oˈbʲiðʲ.ɡʲi/

Verb

do·bidci (verbal noun díbirciud)

1. to hurl, to cast
2. to pelt

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dobidci.

Inflection

Complex, class A II present, s preterite, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.			do·bidci			du·bidcet
	prot.
imperfect indicative	deut.			du·bidced
	prot.
preterite	deut.			do·bidc
	prot.			·díbeirc, ·díbeirg
perfect	deut.			do·rrubidc
	prot.
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.						do·bidctis
	prot.
imperative			díbairg
verbal noun		díbirciud
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of do·bidci

radical	lenition	nasalization
do·bidci	do·bidci pronounced with /βʲ-/	do·mbidci

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