denaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dinati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲenɨðʲ]

Verb

denaid (verbal noun deol)

  1. to suck

Inflection

Simple, class B IV present, reduplicated preterite
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. denait
conj.
rel.
imperfect indicative dendais
preterite abs. dith
conj.
rel. dide
perfect deut.
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun deol
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: denaid
  • ⇒ Irish: diúl (denominative from the verbal noun)

Mutation

Mutation of denaid
radical lenition nasalization
denaid denaid
pronounced with /ðʲ-/		 ndenaid

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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