forbeir

Old Irish

Etymology

From for- +‎ beirid.

Verb

for·beir (verbal noun forbart)

1. (intransitive) to grow, to increase

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.	for·biur		for·beir			for·mberat (relative)
	prot.						·foirpret
imperfect indicative	deut.	for·mberinn (relative)		for·berad
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.			·forbart
perfect	deut.			for·rubart	for·rubartmar		for·rubartatar
	prot.
future	deut.			for·béra
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.			for·bre
	prot.						·foirbret	·forberther
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		forbart
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: foirbrid, forbraid
  • Irish: forbair (“to develop”)

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forbeir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language