arcuirethar

Old Irish

Etymology

From ar- +‎ ·cuirethar. However, the related noun airchor is more often attested to mean a literal throwing sense instead of the extension sense of the verb.

Verb

ar·cuirethar

  1. to extend
    • 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. 6b17
      .i. ar ní biat i n-anmanaib Laitindib ⁊ ní·erchuiretar lín liter Laitinde iarum.
      i.e. since [Y and Z] are not in Latin [words], and so they do not increase the number of Latin letters.

Inflection

Complex, class A II present, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. ar·chuiriur ar·cuirethar
prot. ·erchuiretar
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot. ·urcorathar
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity
  • airchor

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