sechmadachtae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• sechmadachte, sechmodachte

Etymology

From sechmo- (“past”) +‎ techt (“going”) +‎ -e (abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʲexməðəxte/, [ˈsʲexmaðaxtɘ]

Noun

sechmadachtae m

1. past tense, preterite
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 160^b2

     con·fil linni hisind óin-ṡechmadachtu afile leosom indib sechmadachtib

     i.e. so that we have in the one preterite what they [the Greeks] have in two preterites [perfect and aorist]

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 27^a6

     a ngell taraisse .i. inna degmaini ro·ngeni dia isint sechmadachtu ar in popul·

     the proper pledge, i.e., the benefits that God wrought in the past for the people;

Declension

Neuter io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sechmadachtaeN	sechmadachtaeL	sechmadachtaeL
Vocative	sechmadachtaeN	sechmadachtaeL	sechmadachtaeL
Accusative	sechmadachtaeN	sechmadachtaeL	sechmadachtaeL
Genitive	sechmadachtaiL	sechmadachtaeL	sechmadachtaeN
Dative	sechmadachtuL	sechmadachtaib	sechmadachtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Adjective

sechmadachtae

1. past, of the past, preterital
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 50^d10

     .i. amal durigni inna gnímu sechmadachtai dugena dano innahí tairngir hisatodochide·

     i.e. as He did the past deeds, He will indeed do what He promises in the future.

Declension

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sechmadachtae	sechmadachtae	sechmadachtae
Vocative	sechmadachtai
Accusative	sechmadachtae	sechmadachtai
Genitive	sechmadachtai	sechmadachtae	sechmadachtai
Dative	sechmadachtu	sechmadachtai	sechmadachtu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	sechmadachtai	sechmadachtai
Vocative	sechmadachtai sechmadachtu*
Accusative	sechmadachtai sechmadachtu*
Genitive	sechmadachtae
Dative	sechmadachtaib
Notes	* when substantivized

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ssechmadachtae	ṡsechmadachtae	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), “sechmadachtae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language