contúaisi

Old Irish

Etymology

It is generally acknowledged that this verb is equivalent to com- + tóe (silent) suffixed with an unknown element that resulted in Old Irish -ss- /s/. It cannot be directly from a Proto-Celtic *tausyeti since the root-final s would have disappeared in such a formation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtua̯.sʲi/

Verb

con·túaisi (verbal noun coitsecht)

  1. to hear, listen
  2. to be silent

Inflection

Descendants

All modern descendants of this verb suffered from conflation with ro·cluinethar (to hear) and its verbal noun clúas.

  • Middle Irish: coistid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
con·túaisi con·thúaisi con·túaisi
pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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