dechraigidir

Old Irish

Etymology

From dechor (“difference, distinction”) +‎ -igidir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲexriɣʲiðʲirʲ/

Verb

dechraigidir (conjunct ·dechraigethar, verbal noun dechrugud)

1. (intransitive) to stand apart, be different, differ

   Synonym: di·tá

   • 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. 117^b9

     di·taam-ni .i. dechrigmir-ni ón

     We stand apart i.e. we differ thus

Inflection

Simple, class A II present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive, deponent

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Abs.				dechrigmir
	Conj.						·dechrigetar, ·dechraigetar, ·dechrigeddar, ·deochraigetar; ·dechriget (active ending)
	Rel.						dechraigte (active ending)
Imperfect indicative
Preterite	Abs.
	Conj.						·dechraigsetar
	Rel.
Perfect	Deut.			ro·dechraig
	Prot.
Future	Abs.
	Conj.								·dechraigfiter
	Rel.
Conditional
Present subjunctive	Abs.
	Conj.			dechrigedar				dechrigther
	Rel.
Past subjunctive				·dechraiged (active ending)
Imperative
Verbal noun		dechrugud, deochrugud
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: dechraigid, deochraigid
  • Irish: deachair, deochraigh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dechraigidir	dechraigidir pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndechraigidir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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