adnoí
Old Irish
Etymology
ad- + Proto-Celtic *nuweti (compare Welsh adnau (“deposit”)), from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod, assent to”). Cognate with Latin adnuō (“to nod assent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aðˈn͈oːi̯/
Verb
ad·noí (verbal noun aithne)
- to entrust (+ do (“to”))
Conjugation
Complex
1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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Present indicative | Deut. | ad·noí at·noí with infixed pronoun t- | |||||||
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Imperfect indicative | Deut. | ||||||||
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Preterite | Deut. | ||||||||
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Perfect | Deut. | ad·roni | |||||||
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Future | Deut. | ||||||||
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Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
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Present subjunctive | Deut. | ad·nódar, ad·noodur | |||||||
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Past subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
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Imperative | aithnid | ||||||||
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Past participle | |||||||||
Verbal of necessity |
Descendants
- Middle Irish: aithnid
- Irish: aithin (“to bid, command”)
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ad·noí also ad·nnoí | ad·noí pronounced with /-n(ʲ)-/ | ad·noí also ad·nnoí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “ad·noí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.