admidethar
Old Irish
Etymology
ad- + midithir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aðˈmʲiðʲeθar/
Verb
ad·midethar (prototonic ·aimdethar, verbal noun ammus)
- to try, to attempt
- c. 825, The Tract on the Mass in the Stowe Missal, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, page 253, § 10
- In mesad mesas in sacart in cailech ⁊ in obli ⁊ int ammus ad·midethar a combach figor nan aithisse ⁊ nan esorcon ⁊ inna aurgabale insen
- The examination [with which] the priest examines the chalice and the host, and the effort which he attempts to break it, that is a figure of the insults and of the buffets and of the seizure [of Christ].
- c. 850, Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 20, BCr. 33a7
- aimmded glosses innitatur
- 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. 56a23
- na aimdetar
- let them not attempt
- c. 825, The Tract on the Mass in the Stowe Missal, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, page 253, § 10
Conjugation
Complex, class B II present, s future, s subjunctive, deponent
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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| Present indicative | Deut. | ad·midiur; ata·midiur (with infixed pronoun da-) | ad·midethar | ||||||
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| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Preterite | Deut. | ad·midir, ad·midair | |||||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | ad·ruimiduir | ad·romadair | ad·romas, ad·rodmas | |||||
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| Future | Deut. | ad·miastar; atot·miastar (with infixed pronoun dot-) | |||||||
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| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Present subjunctive | Deut. | ad·mestar | |||||||
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| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Imperative | aimmded | aimdetar | |||||||
| Verbal noun | ammus | ||||||||
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| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ad·midethar also ad·mmidethar | ad·midethar pronounced with /-ṽ(ʲ)-/ | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ad·midethar”, 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 578