móraid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• máraid

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mārāti. Equivalent to mór +‎ -aid.

Verb

móraid

1. to make great, to magnify, to glorify, to praise
2. to make greater, to increase

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	abs.			mórid; mórthus (with suffixed pronoun -us)
	conj.
	rel.			máras
imperfect indicative			·mártha	·mórad			·mórtais		·mórtais
preterite	abs.			mórsus (with suffixed pronoun -us)
	conj.		·mórais	·mór			·mórsat	·mórad	·mártha
	rel.
perfect	deut.		ro·mórais	ro·mór			ro·mórsat	ro·mórad	ro·mártha
	prot.
future	abs.
	conj.			·mórfa			·mórfat	·mórfaider
	rel.			mórfas
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.		mórae
	conj.
	rel.						mórate
past subjunctive
imperative				mórad					mórtar
verbal noun		mórad
past participle
verbal of necessity

References

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