adaig
Old Irish
Etymology 1
From earlier *adekʷī or *adekī, of unknown origin.
Possibly cognate with Latin āter (“dark”) or Sanskrit अन्ध (andha, “blind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaðiɣʲ/
Noun
adaig f (genitive aidche or aithche, nominative plural aidchi or aithgi)
- night
Declension
| Feminine ī-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | adaigL | adaigL | aidchiH |
| Vocative | adaigL | adaigL | aidchiH, aithgiH |
| Accusative | aidchiN, aithchiN | adaigL | aidchiH, aithgiH |
| Genitive | aidcheH, aithcheH | aidcheL, aithcheL | aidcheN, aithcheN |
| Dative | aidchiL, aithchiL, adaigL | aidchib | aidchib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: aidche, oidche
- Irish: oíche
- Manx: oie
- Scottish Gaelic: oidhche
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| adaig | unchanged | n-adaig |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Etymology 2
From ad- + aigid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aðˈaɣʲ/
Verb
ad·aig
- to drive, impel
Conjugation
Complex, class B I present, t preterite, reduplicated future, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Deut. | ad·aig, ad·aich atom·aig (with infixed pronoun dom-); attot·aig (with infixed pronoun dot-); atann·aig[n]i (with infixed pronoun dan- and emphatic enclitic -ni); atob·aich, atob·aig (with infixed pronoun dob-) | ad·agat | ad·agar | ad·agatar | ||||
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| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | ad·aigtis | |||||||
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| Preterite | Deut. | ad·acht | ad·achtatar | ad·acht | ad·achta | ||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Future | Deut. | ad·ebla | |||||||
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| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Present subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ad·agad | |||||||
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| Imperative | ad·aig | ||||||||
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This verb has no prototonic forms or verbal noun of its own; those of aigid are used instead.
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ad·aig | unchanged | ad·n-aig |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “1 adaig” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “ad·aig” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.