-ib in Old Irish

Forms: -aib [alternative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *-ābis, *-obis, *-ibis, and *-ubis (instrumental plural ending), from Proto-Indo-European *-bʰis (instrumental plural ending). Cognate with Sanskrit -भिस् (-bhis). Etymology templates: {{der|sga|cel-pro|*-ābis}} Proto-Celtic *-ābis, {{der|sga|ine-pro|*-bʰis|pos=instrumental plural ending}} Proto-Indo-European *-bʰis (instrumental plural ending), {{cog|sa|-भिस्}} Sanskrit -भिस् (-bhis)

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "-ibh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "-aibh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*-ābis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *-ābis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-bʰis",
        "pos": "instrumental plural ending"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-bʰis (instrumental plural ending)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "-भिस्"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit -भिस् (-bhis)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *-ābis, *-obis, *-ibis, and *-ubis (instrumental plural ending), from Proto-Indo-European *-bʰis (instrumental plural ending). Cognate with Sanskrit -भिस् (-bhis).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-aib",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms the dative dual and plural of nouns"
      ],
      "id": "en--ib-sga-suffix-DQwNWq23",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ib"
}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "-ibh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "-aibh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*-ābis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *-ābis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-bʰis",
        "pos": "instrumental plural ending"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-bʰis (instrumental plural ending)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "-भिस्"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit -भिस् (-bhis)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *-ābis, *-obis, *-ibis, and *-ubis (instrumental plural ending), from Proto-Indo-European *-bʰis (instrumental plural ending). Cognate with Sanskrit -भिस् (-bhis).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-aib",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish inflectional suffixes",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish suffixes",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms the dative dual and plural of nouns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ib"
}

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"-ib" meaning in Old Irish

Suffix