díbir

See also: dibir

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish díbrid (to banish, expel),[1] from Old Irish do·opir (to take away, defraud), from dí- + uss- + beirid.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːbʲəɾʲ/

Verb

díbir (present analytic díbríonn, future analytic díbreoidh, verbal noun díbirt, past participle díbeartha)

  1. to drive out, expel
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 198:
      Is dócha, do díbrigheadh an cailín as a dtigh agus is é bhí tuillte aici.
      Probably, the girl was expelled from their house and she deserved it.
  2. to exile, banish

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
díbir dhíbir ndíbir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “díbrid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do·opir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • díbir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “díbrim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 240
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “díbir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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