etercerta
Old Irish
Etymology
etar- + certaid
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /edʲerˈkʲerta/
Verb
eter·certa (prototonic ·etarcerta, verbal noun etercert)
- to interpret, explain
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c32
- Acht nammáa is samlid is torbe són, co eter·certa a n‑as·bera et con·rucca i n‑ætarcne cáich.
- But it is only thus that this is a profit, that he may interpret what he says and bring.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c32
Conjugation
Complex, class A I present, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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| Present indicative | Deut. | eter·certar | |||||||
| Prot. | ·etarcerta | ||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Preterite | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Future | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Present subjunctive | Deut. | eter·certa | |||||||
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| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Imperative | etarcertar | ||||||||
| Verbal noun | etercert | ||||||||
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| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| eter·certa | eter·cherta | eter·certa pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Alternative forms
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “eter·certa”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN