dofuissim

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ uss- +‎ Proto-Celtic *semeti (“pour”), from *semH- (“pump, draw water, scoop”). Cognate with Middle Welsh gwehynnu (“pour”) (from *uɸo-semo-), Old Breton douohinnom (glossing haustum; from *to-uɸo-semo-), Lithuanian sémti (“to pump, scoop”), Latin sentīna (“bilgewater”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈfusʲimʲ/

Verb

do·fuissim (verbal noun tuistiu)

1. to create
2. to beget (of a father)
3. to bear (a child; of a mother)

Conjugation

Complex, class B I present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	do·fuismiu, do·fuismim		do·fuissim			do·fuismet	do·fuissemar
	Prot.
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.			do·forsat, do·rósat					do·rósata; do·forsata
	Prot.								·torsata
Future	Deut.			do·fuiséma				do·fuisémthar
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.							·tuisémthae
Present subjunctive	Deut.			do·fusme
	Prot.			·torsamad (ro-form)
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Imperative
Verbal noun		tuistiu
Past participle		tuiste
Verbal of necessity

Synonyms

• cruthaigidir

Derived terms

• tuistidi (“parents”)
• tuistiu (“child”)

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tuismid
  • Irish: tuismigh
  • Scottish Gaelic: taoim
  • Manx: teaum

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
do·fuissim	do·ḟuissim	do·fuissim pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.