adcota

Old Irish

Etymology

ad- +‎ com- +‎ ·tá, from Proto-Celtic *tāyeti (compare Welsh taw (there is)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. In deuterotonic forms, ad- replaces original in-; prototonic forms are from in- +‎ ·tá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aðˈkoda]

Verb

ad·cota (prototonic ·éta, verbal noun ét)

  1. to obtain, to receive, to get
    Synonyms: ad·etha, logaid

For quotations using this term, see Citations:adcota.

Usage notes

The preterite is sometimes used with a present meaning have, much like English have got.

Conjugation

Complex, class A III present, reduplicated s preterite, a future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. ad·cotaim; ar·cotaim (ro-form) ad·cotai ad·cota; ar·cota (ro-form) ad·cotat ad·cotar ad·cotaiter
prot. ·étaim ·étai ·éta ·étam, ·étom ·étid, ·étaid ·état ·étar
imperfect indicative deut. ad·cotad ad·cotate
prot. ·étis, ·étaitis
preterite deut. ad·cotadus, ad·codados ad·cotad, ad·cotade, ad·cotedae ad·cotadsam, ad·cotasum ad·cotatsat, ad·cotaiset; adid·chotatsat (with infixed pronoun id-) ad·cotad
prot. ·étade, ·étada ·étsat, ·étatsat ·étas
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut. ara·cotar
prot. ·étada ·étatham ·étastar
conditional deut.
prot. ·étaste ·étatais
present subjunctive deut. ad·cot ad·cota ad·cotat ad·cotar ad·cotaiter
prot. ·éta ·éta ·étam, ·étom ·étid, ·étaid ·état ·étar
past subjunctive deut. ad·cotad ad·cotate
prot. ·étis, ·étaitis
imperative
verbal noun ét
past participle étite; éttæ, étae
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: fétaid (can, be able)

Mutation

Mutation of ad·cota
radical lenition nasalization
ad·cota ad·chota ad·cota
pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading