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benaid
benaid
Old Irish
Verb
benaid (conjunct ·ben, verbal noun béimm or bíth)
Conjugation
Simple, class B IV present, reduplicated preterite, reduplicated future, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Abs. | benaim | benai | benaid | benait | benair | |||
| Conj. | ·rubaim (ro-form) | ·ben | ·benat | ·bentar | |||||
| Rel. | benas | benar | |||||||
| Imperfect | ·benad | ·bentais | |||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | béo | bí | bíthai | |||||
| Conj. | ·bí | ·béotar | ·bíth | ·bítha | |||||
| Rel. | bie | ||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ro·bí | ro·béotar | ro·bíth | ro·bítha | ||||
| Prot. | ·ruba | ·ruba | ·rubai | ·rubatar | ·rubad | ||||
| Future | Abs. | biu | bíth | ||||||
| Conj. | ·biu | ·bia | ·biter | ||||||
| Rel. | bias | ||||||||
| Conditional | ·biad | ·bithe | |||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | bethir | betir | ||||||
| Conj. | ·rubai (ro-form) | ·bia | ·bether, ·ruibther (ro-form) | ||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Past subjunctive | ·rubad (prototonic ro-form) | ro·betais (deuterotonic ro-form), ·rubaitis, ·rubtais (prototonic ro-form) | ·bethae | ||||||
| Imperative | ben | benad | benaid | benat | benar | ||||
| Verbal noun | béimm, bíth | ||||||||
| Past participle | bíthe | ||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | bethi | ||||||||
| Note: only forms actually attested in Old Irish are listed here. | |||||||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Irish: bain
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| benaid | benaid pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbenaid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||