adella
Old Irish
Etymology
ad- + Proto-Celtic *ɸalnati, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aðˈel͈a/
Verb
ad·ella (prototonic ·aidle, verbal noun adall)
- to visit
- to pass to
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:adella.
Usage notes
In the sense ‘visit’, this verb is sometimes complemented by the preposition la (“with”) plus a pronoun referring back to the subject, with no discernible change in meaning, e.g. atdub·elliub lemm (“I will visit you”, literally “I will visit you with me”).
Inflection
Complex, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Deut. | ad·ella ata·ella (with infixed pronoun da-) | ad·ellat | ||||||
| Prot. | ·aidle | ||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | ad·ellad | |||||||
| Prot. | ·aidled | ||||||||
| Preterite | Deut. | ad·ell | |||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ad·rell | ad·ralsat | ||||||
| Prot. | ·aidled | ||||||||
| Future | Deut. | ad·elliub, ad·eilliub atdub·elliub (with infixed pronoun dub-) | |||||||
| Prot. | ·adliub | ·aidlibe, ·aidliba, ·aidléba | |||||||
| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | ·aidlébthai | ||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | ad·rella (ro-form) | ad·ella | ||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ro·adelta (ro-form) | |||||||
| Prot. | ·adelta | ||||||||
| Imperative | |||||||||
| Verbal noun | adall | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Descendants
- Middle Irish: aidlid
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ad·ella | unchanged | ad·n-ella |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “ad·ella” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.