aráili

See also: araili

Old Irish

Etymology

From ar- +‎ áilid (to request, deserve).

Verb

ar·áili (prototonic ·éráli, verbal noun eráil or iráil)

  1. to prompt, cause, bring about
    Synonyms: do·áirci, fo·fera, im·folngai
    • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 293:
      For fír th'ainich & t'anma[e], a Fróeich, asndíth cía cruth ar·rálad a tabairt ass.
      On the truth of your honour and your soul, Fróech, tell [us] how the retrieval of [the ring] out of [the dark pool] was brought about.
    • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 66, pages 115-179:
      "Nicom·bia bríg isindi-sin. Demmun arid·ralistar-sin", olse-siom, "dot breith-siu úanna & dot fastad eiter tuaid & dot breith a teg pendi corop imdergad deit fía cách."
      "That shall not matter. [It was] the Devil who contrived it," [Findio] said, "to carry you off from us, and set you among the laity, and bring you into a penitentiary, that you may be publicly put to shame."

Inflection

Complex, class A II present, s preterite, f future
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. ar·áli
prot. ·éráli
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. arid·ralistar (with infixed pronoun d-); ara·ralastair (deponent, spelling error for ara·rálastar)
prot. ·arráli
future deut. ara·ndálfar (with infixed pronoun a-)
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun eráil; iráil
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

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

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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