congair

Old Irish

Etymology

com- +‎ gairid

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈɡarʲ/

Verb

con·gair

  1. to call, to summon
    • c. 875, Comrac Líadaine ocus Cuirithir, published in Liadain and Curithir: an Irish love-story of the ninth century (1902, London: Nutt), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, page 16, line 3
      ...conid Líadain con·gairiu cach banscál nád athgniniu.
      ...so Líadain is what I call every woman whom I do not know.
  2. to invite

Inflection

Complex, class B II present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. con·gairiu con·gair; cotagair (with infixed pronoun ta-) con·gairet con·gairther con·gairter
prot.
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut. con·gart; cota·gart (with infixed pronoun ta-) con·gartat
prot. ·comgrad
perfect deut. con·acart con·acartatar
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

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