saichdetu
Old Irish
Etymology
From saigid + -tu.
Noun
saichdetu m (genitive saichdetath)
- act of striving after/towards
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 214b1
- Amal rond·gab saichdetu dochum,
- Like there is a striving towards a place [in adverbs],
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 214b1
Inflection
| Masculine t-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | saichdetu | saichdetaithL, saichdetu | saichdetaith |
| Vocative | saichdetu | saichdetaithL, saichdetu | saichdetatha |
| Accusative | saichdetaithN | saichdetaithL, saichdetu | saichdetatha |
| Genitive | saichdetath | saichdetath | saichdetathN |
| Dative | saichdetaithL | saichdetathaib | saichdetathaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saichdetu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language