doéccai
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From dí- + in- + Proto-Celtic *kʷiseti. Related to ad·cí (“to see”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
do·éccai (prototonic ·déci, verbal noun déicsiu)
- to behold, to look at, see
- 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. 111c13
- Is hé ru·fiastar cumachtae inna díglae do·mbi{u}r-siu húa londas, intí du·écigi{gi} is ar trócairi ⁊ censi du·bir-siu forunni siu innahí fo·daimem ré techt innúnn.
- He who will know the power of the punishment which you sg inflict by means of wrath, it is he who will see that it is for the sake of mercy and gentleness that you inflict on us here the things that we suffer before going there.
- 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. 111c13
Inflection edit
Complex, class A III present, reduplicated preterite, s future, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Deut. | do·reccu (ro-form) | do·écai | do·écet | |||||
| Prot. | ·déccu | ·déci | ·décaid | ||||||
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | do·n-écad | do·écitis | ||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Preterite | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | do·reccacha | do·recatar, do·recachtar | ||||||
| Prot. | ·dercachae | ||||||||
| Future | Deut. | do·n-écucus | du·écigi | ||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | de·n-écaither | do·écastar | ||||||
| Prot. | ·dercar (ro-form) | ·dercaither (ro-form) | ·decamar | ·deccastar | |||||
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Imperative | décce, déicce | décad | décith, décaid | ||||||
| Verbal noun | déicsiu | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| do·éccai | unchanged | do·n-éccai |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doéccai”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 489