conicc
Old Irish
Etymology
From com- + ·icc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [koˈn͈ʲiɡʲ]
Verb
con·icc (prototonic ·cumaic or ·cumaing, verbal noun cumang or cumacc)
- to be able to, can
- Synonym: ro-
- to have power over
For quotations using this term, see Citations:conicc.
Usage notes
Con·icc can be used to indicate ability or potential to perform another action in two principal ways.
- The most common method is to represent the other action as an accusative verbal noun.
- Con·icid mo chobair. ― You pl can help me. (literally, “You pl have power over helping me.”)
- Another less common method is to represent the other action as a nasalized subjunctive relative clause. The person and number conjugation of con·icc and the other verb must agree.
- Iss ed inso nád chumaing ara·n-ísar and. ― This is what cannot be found there. (literally, “This is what does not have power that it may be found there.”)
Conjugation
Complex, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, f future, s subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Deut. | con·iccim | con·ici | con·icc | con·icid | con·ecat | |||
| Prot. | ·cumcu, ·cuimcim | ·cumci | ·cumaic, ·cumaing, ·cumuing | ·cumcam | ·cumcid | ·cumcat, ·cumgat; ·cumcet | ·cumacar, ·cumangar | ||
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | con·iced | |||||||
| Prot. | ·cumcad | ·cumcaitis | |||||||
| Preterite | Deut. | con·áneccar | con·áneccar | con·ánacair, con·ánic | con·áncatar | ||||
| Prot. | ·coímnacar | ·coímnacair, ·coímnacuir | ·coímnacmar | ·coímnacaid | ·coímnactar | ·coímnas | |||
| Perfect | Deut. | con·ránacair, con·ránic | con·ráncatar | con·ráncas | |||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Deut. | con·icub | con·icfa | con·icfam | con·icfat | ||||
| Prot. | ·cumgub | ·cumgabae | ·cumgaba | ·cumgabat | |||||
| Conditional | Deut. | con·icfad, con·icfed | con·icfaimmis | con·icfaitis | |||||
| Prot. | ·cumcaibed | ||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | con·ís | con·ís | con·í, con·ístar | con·ísamar | con·ísaid | con·ísat | ||
| Prot. | ·cuimser | ·cumai, ·cum | ·cuimset | ||||||
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | con·ísinn | con·ísed | con·ísmais | con·ístais | ||||
| Prot. | ·cuimsinn | ·cuimsed | ·cuimsimmis | ||||||
| Imperative | cumcat, cumgat | ||||||||
| Verbal noun | cumang, cumacc | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Related terms
- cumachtach
- cumachtae
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “con-icc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language