adfét

Old Irish

Alternative forms

do·fét, in·fét

Etymology

ad- + Proto-Celtic *wēdeti, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”). The unlenited final /d/ of the third-person singular originated in the prototonic form *·andewēðeθ, where a regular rule of syncope produced *·andewēðθ, which underwent delenition to *·andewēdd; the /d/ then spread to the deuterotonic form.^[1]

This verb uses the prefix com- to mark perfective forms. The perfect ad·cuaid is from ad- + com- + ·fíad.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [aðˈɸʲeːd]

Verb

ad·fét

For quotations using this term, see Citations:adfét.

Inflection

Most prototonic forms as well as the verbal noun are supplied by in·fét

Complex, class B I present, suffixless preterite, s future, s subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	ad·fédiu, ad·fíadu, ad·féidim	ad·fédi; adon·fédi (with infixed pronoun don-)	ad·fét, ad·féit, ad·fíad; asid·fét (with infixed pronoun id-)	ad·fíadam, ad·fédem; asnda·fíadam (with infixed pronoun da-)	ad·fédid	ad·fíadat, ad·féthet, as·fíadat; at·fétet (with infixed pronoun d-)	ad·fíadar, ad·fédar; ad·íadar (relative)	ad·fíadatar
Present indicative	Prot.

Imperfect indicative	Deut.			ad·féthed, ad·féded
Imperfect indicative	Prot.

Preterite	Deut.			at·fíad (with infixed pronoun d-)			ad·fiadatar	ad·fes	ad·fessa, ad·féta
Preterite	Prot.

Perfect	Deut.	ad·coad		ad·cuid, ad·cuaid	ad·cuadamar, ad·cóidemmar		ad·cuadatar	ad·cuas, ad·coas, ad·cós
Perfect	Prot.							·racuas, ·rachoas

Future	Deut.	ad·fías, ad·fíassar, ad·fessar, ad·fesar; ad·déos, ad·díus		ad·fíi	ad·fessam			ad·fíastar
Future	Prot.	·adius

Conditional	Deut.
Conditional	Prot.

Present subjunctive	Deut.	at·chous (with infixed pronoun d- and perfective prefix com-)	at-coïs (with infixed pronoun d- and perfective prefix com-); ad·cois	ad·fé, ad·féta; asid·chói (relative with infixed pronoun id-)					ad·cæstar (com-form)
Present subjunctive	Prot.

Past subjunctive	Deut.			ad·feissed; at·coad (with infixed pronoun d- and perfective prefix com-)
Past subjunctive	Prot.

Imperative			ad·feid; atta·feid (with infixed pronoun ad-)

Verbal noun
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Related terms

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ad·fét	ad·ḟét	ad·fét pronounced with /-β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ Karin Stüber (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-stems in Celtic (Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics; III), Maynooth: The Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, →ISBN, page 126