v (ceta + subst. vb.) feels, perceives : nech cetabi o menmain . . . cumscugud, Ériu vii 168 § 14 . citabiat . . . in chnamai in fochaid gl. sentire, Ml. 22d7 . citabiat chlúasa gl. sensibilem aurium, Sg. 3a1 . cetabiinn gl. sapiebam, Wb. 12c8 . citambé gl. sapere, Ml. 36b1 . adascia citabé gl. persentiat, 68d15 . citambénn, 44c15 . citambetis, 29c13 . lase cita robasa `when I felt', 44b22 . aga catha cet a mba mescbaid (spoken by head of a dead warrior), Corm. Y 1018 (88.18).

Later forms: in gilla . . . anno cetfanad (see GOI 480 ), Trip.² 163 = sentiens, Lat. Lives 48 . Forms based on vn.: gor ob ead ro cetfaigestair chuige `imagined', MR 178.12 . ro cetfaidestair, 254.23 . tibis ┐ cetfaidis C. a gean . . . gáire `burst into a . . . fit of laughter', 294.5 .

Vn. cétfaid, cétfanugud.