Old Irish

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Etymology

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From to- +‎ doich (probable) +‎ -ide[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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todochaide

  1. future
    • 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. 47d4–5
      Gigse⟨a⟩-sa .i. mo ṡoírad ar cech gúasacht todochidi.
      I will pray, that is, for my deliverance from every future peril.

Declension

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io/iā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative todochaide todochaide todochaide
Vocative todochaidi
Accusative todochaide todochaidi
Genitive todochaidi todochaide todochaidi
Dative todochaidiu todochaidi todochaidiu
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative todochaidi todochaidi
Vocative todochaidi
todochaidiu*
Accusative todochaidi
todochaidiu*
Genitive todochaide
Dative todochaidib
Notes * when substantivized

Descendants

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  • Irish: todhchaí

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
todochaide thodochaide todochaide
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 674–675

Further reading

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