imfolngai

Old Irish

Alternative forms

im·folṅgi

Etymology

imm- +‎ fo·loing, but the inflection as a weak verb suggests an origin as a denominative verb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [imʲˈɸolŋɨ]

Verb

im·folngai (prototonic ·immolṅgai, verbal noun imḟolang)

to effect, produce, cause
Synonyms: ar·áili, do·áirci, fo·fera
- 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. 92^a17
  Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·ḟolngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·ḟolngi dam.
  To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.
- 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. 95^a5
  Is ed as·bertis b⟨a⟩ a nert fadesin imme·ḟolnged choscur doib, níbu Día.
  That is, they used to say that it was their own strength that produced victory for them, not God
- 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. 126^b16
  Im·folṅgi inducbáil dó in molad ro·mmolastar Día.
  The praise (with) which he has praised God causes glory to him.

Inflection

Complex, class A II present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	singular	plural
present indicative	deut.			im·folngi, im·folngai			im·folnget, im·folngat	im·folngar, im·folangar
present indicative	prot.			·immolṅgai			·imḟolnget	·immolṅgaithær

imperfect indicative	deut.
imperfect indicative	prot.

preterite	deut.
preterite	prot.

perfect	deut.		im·forlaingis	im·forling, im·forlaing				im·forlinged	im·forlaingthea
perfect	prot.							·imforlainged

future	deut.			im·folnguba
future	prot.

conditional	deut.
conditional	prot.

present subjunctive	deut.		im·folngae	im·folnga			im·folnget	im·folngither
present subjunctive	prot.	·rimfolngar (ro-form)	·imḟorlainge

past subjunctive	deut.			im·folnged; imme·ḟolnged (relative)
past subjunctive	prot.						·imḟolngitis	·imḟolangide

imperative

verbal noun		imḟolang
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

immid·ḟolngi
nephaithimḟolngide
nephimḟolngide

Mutation

Mutation of *im·folngai*
radical	lenition	nasalization
im·folngai	im·ḟolngai	im·folngai pronounced with /β̃-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.