níbu

See also: nibu and ni-bú

Old Irish

Etymology

ní +‎ ba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn͈ʲiːbu/

Verb

níbu

1. third-person singular past indicative negative of is
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 95^a5

     Is ed as·bertis b⟨a⟩ a nert fadesin imme·ḟolnged choscur doib, níbu Día.

     That is, they used to say that it was their own strength that produced victory for them, not God

     (literally, “…it was not God”)

   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 65^a1

     Níbu machdath do·rónta día dind lïac.

     It was not a wonder that a god would be made of the stone.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
níbu also nníbu after a proclitic ending in a vowel	níbu pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.