sernaid
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *starnati, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- via the nasal infix formation *str̥néh₃ti.
Verb
editsernaid (verbal noun sreth)
Inflection
editSimple, class B IV present, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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| Present indicative | Abs. | sernait | sernair | serntair | |||||
| Conj. | ·sernat | ·sernar | |||||||
| Rel. | sernar | ||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | ·sernad | ||||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | ||||||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | ro·sreth | ro·sretha | ||||||
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| Future | Abs. | ||||||||
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| Present subjunctive | Abs. | ||||||||
| Conj. | ·sera | ||||||||
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| Past subjunctive | ·sernte | ||||||||
| Imperative | sérnn | ||||||||
| Verbal noun | sreth | ||||||||
| Past participle | srithiu (dative singular) | ||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | srethi | ||||||||
Descendants
edit- Irish: searn
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sernaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sterh₃-
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish verbs
- Old Irish simple verbs
- Old Irish class B IV present verbs
- Old Irish a subjunctive verbs