tróethaid
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably denominative from Old Irish traeth (“neuter”), then originally meaning "to neuter". Maybe related to Middle Irish tríath, tréith (“weak”). tróethaid would represent o-grade Proto-Celtic *troit- to traeth's e-grade *treit-.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tróethaid (verbal noun tróethad)
Conjugation edit
Simple, class A I present, s preterite
1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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Present indicative | Abs. | troethaid | |||||||
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Preterite | Abs. | tróethsus (with suffixed pronoun -us) | |||||||
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Perfect | Deut. | ||||||||
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Future | Abs. | ||||||||
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Present subjunctive | Abs. | ||||||||
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Verbal noun | tróethad | ||||||||
Past participle | traetha | ||||||||
Verbal of necessity |
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
tróethaid | thróethaid | tróethaid pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “traethaid”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page T-122
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “traethaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language