trisgata
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom tre- (“through”) + gataid (“take off”). This verb uses a different pretonic form tris-, formed under the influence of frith-, instead of the tremi- used with other verbs derived with tre-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittris·gata (prototonic ·tregda)
- to pierce
- c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 85, pages 115-179:
- Is in deniu aibritid tres·ngata na huile dúile súas co ricci riched.
- Faster than the blink of an eye, [the sign of the Cross] traverses [lit. pierces through] all the elements up to heaven.
Conjugation
editComplex, class A I present, s preterite
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Deut. | tris·gataim | tres·ngata (nasalized) | tris·ngatat (nasalized) | |||||
| Prot. | trecatim | ·tregda | |||||||
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Preterite | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | dris·rogat | |||||||
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| Future | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Imperative | |||||||||
| Verbal noun | |||||||||
| Past participle | tragdae | ||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Descendants
editMutation
edit| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| tris·gata | tris·gata pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
tris·ngata |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tregtaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language