Old Irish

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Etymology

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Contains the prefix to-. The verb's existence was discovered by Liam Breatnach in 2005; previously, occurrences of it were assigned to unrelated verbs, like do·maithi (to threaten) and dlomaid (to reject).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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do·maisi (prototonic ·toimsi)

  1. to devise, concoct

Inflection

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Breatnach, Liam (2007) “Varia”, in Ériu[1], volume 57, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved August 18, 2022, pages 155–163

Further reading

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