maniptis

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Univerbation of (if) +‎ (not) +‎ betis (third-person plural past subjunctiveof is)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmanʲibʲdʲisʲ]

Verb[edit]

maniptis

  1. if (they) were not, if (they) had not been
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 73d1
      Fu·lilsain-se .i. matis mu námait duda·gnetis ⁊ maniptis mu chara⟨i⟩t duda·gnetis.
      I would have endured, i.e. if it had been my enemies who did them and if it had not been my friends who did them.