Old Irish

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Etymology

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Univerbation of co (so that) + dan- (us) +‎ ·samailter (passive singular present indicative of samlaidir (to compare))

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kon͈danˈsaβ̃ɨl͈ʲtʲer]

Verb

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condan·samailter

  1. so that we are compared
    • 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. 63d7
      condan·samailter fri cech ndodcadchai
      so that we are compared to every infelicity