teinnid
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *tendeti, from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to cut”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τένδω (téndō, “to gnaw”).[1]
Inflection
Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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| Present indicative | Abs. | tennait | |||||||
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| Rel. | teinnes | ||||||||
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| Preterite | Abs. | tethnai (with suffixed pronoun -i) | tethnatar | ||||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | ro·tethaind | |||||||
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| Future | Abs. | ||||||||
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| Present subjunctive | Abs. | ||||||||
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| Verbal noun | teinm | ||||||||
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References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tend-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 378
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “teinnid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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