cruthaigidir

Old Irish

Etymology

From cruth +‎ -igidir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkruθɨɣʲiðʲirʲ]

Verb

cruthaigidir

  1. to form
    • 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. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
      Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
      Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.

Conjugation

Simple, class A II present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive, deponent
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. cruthaigther
conj. ·cruthaigther ·cruthaigedar ·cruthaigther ·cruthaigter
rel. cruthaigedar cruthaigther cruthaigter
imperfect indicative ·cruthaiged
preterite abs.
conj. ·cruthaigsemmar
rel.
perfect deut. ro·cruthaigsemmar
prot.
future abs. cruthaigfea (active ending)
conj. ·cruthaigfea (active ending)
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs. cruthaigther; cruthaige (active ending)
conj. ·cruthaigther; ·cruthaige (active ending) ·cruthaigedar ·cruthaigther ·cruthaigter
rel. cruthaigedar cruthaigther cruthaigter
past subjunctive ·cruthaiged
imperative cruthaiged cruthaigther cruthaigter
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Irish: cruthaigh
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruthaich

Mutation

Mutation of cruthaigidir
radical lenition nasalization
cruthaigidir chruthaigidir cruthaigidir
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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