b-

See also: B− and Appendix:Variations of "b"

Middle English

Prefix

b-

  1. (in certain words) Alternative form of bi-

Old Irish

Prefix

b- (class A infixed pronoun)

  1. you (plural object pronoun)
    ‎no- + ·tá (“there is”) + ‎b- → ‎nob·tá (“there is to you, i.e. you have”)

Derived terms
Old Irish terms prefixed with b-

See also
Old Irish affixed pronouns

See Appendix:Old Irish affixed pronouns for details on how these forms are used.
Note that the so-called “infixed” pronouns are technically prefixes, but they are never the first prefix in a verbal complex.

Person Infixed Suffixed
Class A Class B Class C
1 sing. m-L dom-L, dam-L -um
2 sing. t-L dot-L, dat-L, dut-L, dit-L -ut
3 sing. m. a-N, e-N d-N id-N, did-N, d-N -i, -it
3 sing. f. s-(N) da- -us
3 sing. n. a-L, e-L d-L id-L, did-L, d-L -i, -it
1 pl. n- don-, dun-, dan- -unn
2 pl. b- dob-, dub-, dab- -uib
3 pl. s-(N) da- -us
L means this form triggers lenition.
N means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis)
(N) means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.
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