atobaig

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

ad·aig (“impel”) with infixed pronoun dob- (“you pl”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /adovˈaɣʲ/

Phrase

atob·aig

  1. impels you pl
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9c20:
      cid atobaich cendílgud cech ancridi dognethe frib
      What impels you not to forgive every injury that may have been done to you?
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19d10a:
      cid atobaig dó
      What impels you to it?
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