doformaig

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ for- + the reflex of Proto-Celtic *maketi (“to raise”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, to raise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈɸormɨɣʲ]

Verb

do·formaig (verbal noun tórmach)

  1. to increase
  2. to add
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 35a17
      Air cía dunaibhí do·foirmsed?
      For to whom would he add?

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, t preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. do·formaig do·fórmgat do·formagar do·ḟormmagddar
prot. ·tórmagar
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. do·rormacht do·rormachtatar du·rormacht
prot.
future deut. du·forma du·fórmastar
prot.
conditional deut. do·foirmsed
prot.
present subjunctive deut. do·rórma (ro-form)
prot. ·tórmais ·thormassíd (lenited) ·tormastar
past subjunctive deut.
prot. ·tormaisead
imperative tórmaig
verbal noun tórmach
past participle tórmachte
verbal of necessity tormachtai

Descendants

  • → Old Welsh: diguormechis (3sg preterite) (calqued)
  • → Old Breton: degurmeh (3sg present) (calqued)

Mutation

Mutation of do·formaig
radical lenition nasalization
do·formaig do·ḟormaig do·formaig
pronounced with /β̃-/

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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