tróethaid
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Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably denominative from Old Irish traeth (“neuter”), then originally meaning "to neuter". Maybe related to Middle Irish tríath, tréith (“weak”). tróethaid would represent o-grade Proto-Celtic *troit- to traeth's e-grade *treit-.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tróethaid (verbal noun tróethad)
Conjugation[edit]
Simple, class A I present, s preterite
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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| Present indicative | Abs. | troethaid | |||||||
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| Preterite | Abs. | tróethsus (with suffixed pronoun -us) | |||||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Future | Abs. | ||||||||
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| Present subjunctive | Abs. | ||||||||
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| Verbal noun | tróethad | ||||||||
| Past participle | traetha | ||||||||
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Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| tróethaid | thróethaid | tróethaid pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “traethaid”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page T-122
Further reading[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “traethaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language