claidid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kladeti. Cognate with Welsh claddu (“bury”) and Breton klazañ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklaðʲiðʲ/

Verb

claidid (conjunct ·claid, verbal noun claide)

  1. to dig
    • c. 750-800 Tairired na nDessi from Rawlinson B 502, published in "The Expulsion of the Dessi", Y Cymmrodor (1901, Society of Cymmrodorion), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, vol. 14, pp. 104-135, paragraph 3
      Is desin ro·gníd Ocheill for Temraig sechtair .i. clasa[e] ráth la Cormac, conid inte no·foihed-som do grés, ar ni ba hada rí co n-anim do feis i Temraig.
      Hence Achaill was built by the side of Tara, that is to say a ringfort was dug by Cormac in which he would always sleep, as it was not lawful for a king with a blemish to sleep in Tara.

Conjugation

Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. cladait cladair
conj. ·claid ·cladat ·claiter
rel. claides
imperfect indicative ·claided ·claitis ·claite
preterite abs. classae
conj. ·cechlaid ·cechladatar ·class ·classa
rel.
perfect deut. ro·cechladatar
prot. ·roíchlaid
future abs.
conj. ·cichlus
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj. ·cláis ·clássat
rel.
past subjunctive ·clássainn ·clástae
imperative
verbal noun claide
past participle claisse
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

  • clad (“trench, ditch”)

Descendants

  • Irish: claidh
  • Manx: cleigh
  • Scottish Gaelic: cladhaich

Mutation

Mutation of claidid
radical lenition nasalization
claidid chlaidid claidid
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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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