sénaid

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲeːnɨðʲ]

Etymology 1

From sén +‎ -aid.

Verb

sénaid (conjunct ·séna, verbal noun sénad)

1. to mark with a sign
2. to bless

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.	sénaim					sénait	sénathair
	conj.	·sénaim		·séna				·séntar	·séntar
	rel.
imperfect indicative			·sénta	·sénad			·séndais
preterite	abs.			sénais
	conj.		·sénais	·sén			·sénsat	·sénad
	rel.
perfect	deut.			ro·sén
	prot.
future	abs.			sénfaid			sénfait
	conj.	·sénub		·sénfa		·sénfaid
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.	séna					sénait	sénathair
	conj.			·séna				·séntar	·séntar
	rel.
past subjunctive			·sénta	·sénad			·séndais
imperative			sén	sénad
verbal noun		sénad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Irish: séan
• Manx: seun

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sénaid 2 ‘to sign’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

Verb

sénaid (conjunct ·séna, verbal noun sénad)

1. to deny, renounce

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.	sénaim					sénait	sénathair
	conj.	·sénaim		·séna				·séntar	·séntar
	rel.
imperfect indicative			·sénta	·sénad			·séndais
preterite	abs.			sénais
	conj.		·sénais	·sén			·sénsat	·sénad
	rel.
perfect	deut.			ro·sén
	prot.
future	abs.			sénfaid			sénfait
	conj.	·sénub		·sénfa		·sénfaid
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.	séna					sénait	sénathair
	conj.			·séna				·séntar	·séntar
	rel.
past subjunctive			·sénta	·sénad			·séndais
imperative			sén	sénad
verbal noun		sénad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sénaid 1 ‘to deny’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Mutation of sénaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
sénaid	ṡénaid	unchanged

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