molaidir

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• molid

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *molātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmolɨðʲirʲ]

Verb

molaidir (conjunct ·molathar, verbal noun molad)

1. to praise

For quotations using this term, see Citations:molaidir.

Conjugation

Simple, class A I 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.			molid (active form)				molthair
	Conj.	·molur, ·molor; nondob·molor (prefixed with no-ndob-)		·molathar, ·moladar	·molammar
	Rel.				molmae (active form)
Imperfect indicative
Preterite	Abs.
	Conj.			·molastar
	Rel.
Perfect	Deut.			ro·mmolastar
	Prot.
Future	Abs.						molfait (active form)
	Conj.	·molfar
	Rel.
Conditional
Present subjunctive	Abs.						molait (active form)
	Conj.			·moladar			·molatar
	Rel.
Past subjunctive
Imperative			molthae
Verbal noun		molad
Past participle
Verbal of necessity		moltai

Descendants

• Middle Irish: molaid
  • Irish: mol
  • Scottish Gaelic: mol

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
molaidir also mmolaidir after a proclitic ending in a vowel	molaidir pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
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), “molaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language