condieig

Old Irish

Etymology

com- +‎ dí- +‎ saigid

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kon͈ʲˈdʲi.eɣʲ]

Verb

con·dïeig (verbal noun cuingid or cuindchid)

1. to seek, to ask for
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14^d38

     Ní cuingem lóg ar precepte.

     We do not ask for any payment for our preaching.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19^d24

     Cía chon·desin far súli, dos·ṁbérthe dom.

     Even if I had asked for your pl eyes, you would have given them to me.

   • 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. 51^a18

     In tan imme·romastar són nach noíb, ara cuintea dílgud Dé isind aimsir sin.

     That is, when any saint sins, that he may seek the forgiveness of God at that time.

   • 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. 92^a17

     Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·folngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·folngi dam.

     To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.

   • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 15, pages 115-179:

     Epscuip dano ⁊ dúini sruithi doberad súiri figli, is cóir a denam airriu, […] manip i llocthiu chóir con·desar int súiri figli.

     When bishops and elders grant exception from vigils, it is right to do that for their sake […] if it is not shirking due observance during which the exemption from vigils is sought.

   • c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 1356

     "In fail naill con·desta?" ol int angel. "Fail," ol Pátraic, " […] corab meisi féin bas breithem for feraib Hérend a llá sin."

     "Is there anything else you would demand?" said the angel. Patrick said, "There is, […] may it be me myself who is the judge over the people of Ireland on [Doomsday]."

Inflection

Complex, class B II present, t preterite, s subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.		con·daigi; con·attgi (perfective)	con·dïeig; con·aittaig (perfective)	con·degam			con·degar
	Prot.	·cuintgim			·cuingem		·cuinget		·cuinchetar
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.			·contagad
Preterite	Deut.			con·iacht, con·niacht			con·iachtatar
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.	con·aitecht		con·aitecht			con·aittechtatar, con·aitechtat, con·oitechtatar
	Prot.		·comtacht	·comtacht	·comtachtmar			·comtacht
Future	Deut.
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.							con·desar
	Prot.			·cuintea				·conníestar; ·conníestar
Past subjunctive	Deut.	con·desin	con·desta
	Prot.
Imperative			cuindig	cuinged
Verbal noun		cuingid, cuinged, cuindchid
Past participle		cuintechtae
Verbal of necessity		cuintechti, cuintesta

Descendants

• Middle Irish: con·daig

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
con·dïeig	chon·dïeig	con·dïeig pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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), “condieig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 607