rolaimethar

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lamyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lem-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [roˈl͈aβ̃ʲeθar]

Verb

ro·laimethar (prototonic ·laimethar, verbal noun léitiu)

1. to dare, to venture

Inflection

Complex, class B II present, á preterite, a subjunctive, deponent

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	ro·laumur, ru·laimur, ro·lomur		ro·laimethar	ro·laimemmar	*ro·laimid
	Prot.	·lomur		·laimethar	·laimemmar			·lamar
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.			ro·lámair				ro·let
	Prot.			·lámair
Perfect	Deut.
	Prot.
Future	Deut.
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.	ro·llámar
	Prot.
Past subjunctive	Deut.				ro·lammis
	Prot.
Imperative							laimetar
Verbal noun		léitiu
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: lamaid
  • Irish: leomh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ro·laimethar also ro·llaimethar	ro·laimethar pronounced with /-l(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), “lamaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language