doscéulai

Old Irish

Etymology

Denominative verb from to- +‎ scél (“story, news”).

Verb

do·scéulai (prototonic ·toscelai, verbal noun taiscélad)

1. to find out, ascertain

   Synonym: ro·finnadar

2. to make known

Inflection

Complex, class A II present, f future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.	do·scéulaim		do·sceulai
	prot.			·toscelai
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	deut.	du·sceulub
	prot.						·toscelfat
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.			du·sceula			du·ssceulat
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		taiscélad
past participle		tosceltae
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: taiscélaid

Mutation

Mutation of doscéulai

radical	lenition	nasalization
do·scéulai	do·scéulai	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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