doslí

See also: došli

Old Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *tosliyeti. The closest cognate is Middle Cornish deleth (to befit). Derived from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˈsʲl͈ʲiː/

Verb

do·slí (conjunct ·tuilli, verbal noun tuillem)

  1. to deserve
  2. to incur

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Irish: tuill
  • Manx: toill
  • Scottish Gaelic: toill

References

  1. Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) “Urkelt. *sl-ii̯e/o- 'verdienen'”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 588ff.
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