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pósaid
pósaid
Irish
Verb
pósaid
Usage notes
The equivalent in the standard language is the analytic construction pósann siad.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| pósaid | phósaid | bpósaid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Middle Irish
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin spōnsus (“betrothed”), from spondeō.
Verb
pósaid (verbal noun pósad)
Descendants
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| pósaid | phósaid | pósaid pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “pósaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.