etercerta

Old Irish

Etymology

etar- +‎ certaid

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /edʲerˈkʲerta/

Verb

eter·certa (prototonic ·etarcerta, verbal noun etercert)

  1. to interpret, explain
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c32
      Acht nammáa is samlid is torbe són, co eter·certa a n‑as·bera et con·rucca i n‑ætarcne cáich.
      But it is only thus that this is a profit, that he may interpret what he says and bring it into everyone’s understanding.

Conjugation

Complex, class A I present, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. eter·certar
prot. ·etarcerta
imperfect indicative deut. etar·chertath
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut. eter·certa
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative etarcertar
verbal noun etercert
past participle
verbal of necessity

Alternative forms

Mutation

Mutation of eter·certa
radical lenition nasalization
eter·certa eter·cherta eter·certa
pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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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