resíu

resíu

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• risíu

Etymology

From ré (“before”) +‎ síu (“this”), the latter being a dative singular neuter of so (“this”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r͈ʲeˈsʲiːu̯]

Conjunction

resíu

1. before

   Antonyms: ó, iarsindí

For quotations using this term, see Citations:resíu.

Usage notes

The verb following resíu generally is in the independent augmented present or past subjunctive, which for most verbs contain ro-. The main exception is when the verb defectively cannot be augmented, in that case the unaugmented subjunctive appears instead.

• resíu ro·mestar ruiri

  before the ruiri judges (note ro·mestar, ro-augmented subjunctive of midithir)

• resíu do·ndichsitis asin doíri

  before they had come out of captivity (note do·dichsitis, suppletive augmented past subjunctive of do·tét)

• resíu tised hiress

  before the Faith had come (note unaugmented past subjunctive tised of do·icc, since do·icc is not augmentable)

References

1. Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 895, page 553

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “resíu, riasíu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language