adilgnigidir

Old Irish

Etymology

From aidlicen (needy, poor) +‎ -igidir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aðʲilʲɡʲnʲiɣʲiðʲirʲ/

Some forms show metathesis of /ilʲ/ to /lʲi/ in the second syllable.

Verb

adilgnigidir (conjunct ·adilgnigedar or ·aidlicnigedar)

  1. to need, want (with úa + the thing needed/wanted)
    • 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. 4b10
      Aidligni⟨gi⟩tir dano úadisi.
      therefore they need it

Conjugation

Simple, class A II present, deponent
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. aidligni⟨gi⟩tir
conj. ·aidlicnigedar, ·adilgnigedar ·adilgnigmar ·aidlicnigetar
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj.
rel.
perfect deut.
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of adilgnigidir
radical lenition nasalization
adilgnigidir
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
adilgnigidir n-adilgnigidir

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

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