frepaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From frith- +‎ buith (“being”), with a shift to the i-stem declension.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲɾʲe.bəðʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈɸʲɾʲe.bɪðʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈɸʲɾʲe.bɨðʲ]

Noun

frepaid f (genitive freptha, nominative plural frepthi)

1. verbal noun of fris·ben
2. cure, remedy

Inflection

Feminine i-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	frepaid	frepaidL	frepthaiH
vocative	frepaid	frepaidL	frepthaiH
accusative	frepaidN	frepaidL	frepthaiH
genitive	frepthoH, frepthaH	frepthoH, frepthaH	frepthaeN
dative	frepaidL	frepthaib	frepthaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of frepaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
frepaid	ḟrepaid	frepaid pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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