ásaid

Old Irish

Etymology

Denominal verb from its verbal noun áss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːsəðʲ/

Verb

ásaid (conjunct ·ása, verbal noun áss)

1. to grow
   • c. 700–800 Táin Bó Cúailnge, published in Táin Bó Cúailnge. Recension I (1976, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Cecile O'Rahilly, TBC-I 598

     Ebeltair culén din chúani chétna lem-sa duit, ⁊ bíam cú-sa do imdegail do chethra ⁊ dot imdegail féin colléic co rása in cú hísin ⁊ corop ingníma.

     A whelp of the same litter will be reared by me for you, and I myself shall be a hound to protect your cattle and to protect yourself in the meanwhile, so that the hound may grow up and be ready for action.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 87^b12

     inna benna du·acarbat .i. lase (na)n-astae

     the horns that roughen, namely, when growing

2. to increase
3. to arise, to develop

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Abs.
	Conj.			·ása			·ásat
	Rel.			ásas			ástae
Imperfect indicative
Preterite	Abs.
	Conj.
	Rel.
Perfect	Deut.						ro·ásaiset
	Prot.	·rásus	·rásais	·rás
Future	Abs.
	Conj.
	Rel.
Conditional
Present subjunctive	Abs.
	Conj.			·rása (ro-form)
	Rel.
Past subjunctive
Imperative
Verbal noun		áss
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• for·ása

Descendants

• Irish: fás
• Scottish Gaelic: fàs
• Manx: aase

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ásaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language