dofuthracair
Old Irish
Etymology
Unknown. It is universally accepted that this verb was prefixed with dí- + fo- but the root is unrecognizable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do.ˈfuθr͈əkərʲ/
Verb
do·futhracair (prototonic ·dúthracair, verbal noun dúthracht)
- to desire, wish for
Inflection
This verb is defective; it lacks a present stem. Instead, the preterite is used with present meaning.
Complex, suffixless preterite, s future, s subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | ·duthrised | ||||||||
| Preterite | Deut. | da·duthraccar (with infixed pronoun a-) | do·dúthracair, dud·futharcair | do·futhractar, du·futharctar | |||||
| Prot. | ·duthracar | ·duthracmar | |||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Deut. | dun·futharset | |||||||
| Prot. | ·dudrastar | ||||||||
| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | do·duthris, do·futhris | |||||||
| Prot. | ·dúthrais | ||||||||
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Imperative | |||||||||
| Verbal noun | dúthracht | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| do·futhracair | do·ḟuthracair | do·futhracair pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do-futhraccair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language