sernaid
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *starnati, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- via the nasal infix formation *str̥néh₃ti.
Verb edit
sernaid (verbal noun sreth)
Inflection edit
Simple, class B IV present, a subjunctive
1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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Present indicative | Abs. | sernait | sernair | serntair | |||||
Conj. | ·sernat | ·sernar | |||||||
Rel. | sernar | ||||||||
Imperfect indicative | ·sernad | ||||||||
Preterite | Abs. | ||||||||
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Perfect | Deut. | ro·sreth | ro·sretha | ||||||
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Future | Abs. | ||||||||
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Conditional | |||||||||
Present subjunctive | Abs. | ||||||||
Conj. | ·sera | ||||||||
Rel. | |||||||||
Past subjunctive | ·sernte | ||||||||
Imperative | sérnn | ||||||||
Verbal noun | sreth | ||||||||
Past participle | srithiu (dative singular) | ||||||||
Verbal of necessity | srethi |
Descendants edit
- Irish: searn
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sernaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language