conrig

Old Irish

Etymology

From com- +‎ Proto-Celtic *rigeti (“bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind, reach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈr͈ʲiɣʲ/

Verb

con·rig (verbal noun cuimrech)

1. to bind, fetter
   • 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. 21^b7–8

     Conda·rías .i. noch is nonda·ges ón, co nderlaig⟨e⟩ dam són innahí no·guidim daitsiu.

     that I may bind them, i.e. that I pray that for them thus, that is to say, that you pl forgive me (for) the things that I pray for to you

   • 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. 134^d3

     Ɔ·riris-siu .i. ar·troídfe{a}-siu inna droch daíni, a Dǽ, dia n‑anduch, air is fechtnach a n‑andach mani erthroítar húa Día.

     You will bind, i.e. you will restrain the evil men, O God, from their iniquity, for their iniquity is prosperous if they are not restrained by God.

Conjugation

Complex, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	con·riug	con·rigi	con·rig			con·regat	con·regar
	Prot.
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.			con·reraig
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.			con·árraig				con·árracht
	Prot.
Future	Deut.		con·riris					con·rirestar
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.	conda·rías (with infixed pronoun da-)	con·réis					con·ríastar
	Prot.			·cumrae				·cumrastar
Past subjunctive	Deut.	con·réisinn
	Prot.
Imperative				cuimriged				cuimrigthar
Verbal noun		cuimrech
Past participle		cuimrechtae
Verbal of necessity		cuimrechtai

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cuimrigid
  • Irish: cuibhrigh
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuibhrich

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
con·rig also con·rrig	con·rig pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “conrig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language