doscara

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ scaraid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doˈskara]

Verb

do·scara (verbal noun tascrad, tascar)

1. to knock down, to bring down
2. to lower, to drop, to let fall

Inflection

Complex, class A I present, s preterite, é future

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	deut.			do·scara				do·scarthar
	prot.						·tascrat	toscarthar
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.			do·tascar, to·scara			·tascairset	do·scarad	to·scartha
	prot.			·tascair				·tascrad
perfect	deut.			ro·tascair			ro·tascairset	ro·tascrad
	prot.
future	deut.			do·scéra
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.			·tascérad, ·taiscérad
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative				tascrad
verbal noun		tascrad, tascar
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Irish: treascair
• Scottish Gaelic: trasgair

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doscara”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 614–615