techtaid
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“be suitable”); see also Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þeihan, “to prosper”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtʲextɨðʲ]
Verb
techtaid (conjunct ·techta, verbal noun techtad)
- to have, to possess
- Synonym: at·tá
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56b31
- Cía techtid nach aile ní ad·chobrai-siu ⁊ ní techtai-siu ón immurgu, ní étaigther-su immanísin, .i. ní ascnae ⁊ ní charae; is sí indala ch[í]all les isindí as emulari in sin.
- Though another may possess what you may desire and you do however not possess, you should not be jealous of that thing, i.e. you should not seek after and love it; that is one of the two meanings that he finds in emulari.
- 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. 26a6
- ɔ eperthae cía aiccent ⁊ cisí aimser derb thechtas
- so that it might be said what accent and what certain time it has
Inflection
Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Abs. | techtai | techtid, techtaid | ||||||
| Conj. | ·techtai | ·techta | ·techtid, ·techtaid | ·techtat | |||||
| Rel. | techtas | techtmae | techtaite | ||||||
| Imperfect indicative | ·techtad | techtitis | |||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | ||||||||
| Conj. | ·techtus | ·techt | ·techtsat | ||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ro·techtus | ro·techt | ro·techtsat | |||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Abs. | ||||||||
| Conj. | ·techtub | ||||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Conditional | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | techte, techtae | techtid, techtaid | ||||||
| Conj. | ·techte, ·techtae | ·techta | ·techtid, ·techtaid | ·techtat | |||||
| Rel. | techtas | techtmae | techtaite | ||||||
| Past subjunctive | techtad | ·techte, ·techtae | techtitis | ||||||
| Imperative | techtad | techtid, techtaid | |||||||
| Verbal noun | |||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| techtaid | thechtaid | techtaid pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1068, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1068
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “techtaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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