infét

Old Irish

Etymology

From a mixture of in- and ind- +‎ Proto-Celtic *weideti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [inˈɸʲeːd]

Verb

in·fét

to tell

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	singular	plural
present indicative	deut.			in·fét
present indicative	prot.	·ecguth (com- form)

imperfect indicative	deut.
imperfect indicative	prot.

preterite	deut.
preterite	prot.

perfect	deut.			in·cuaid
perfect	prot.

future	deut.
future	prot.

conditional	deut.
conditional	prot.

present subjunctive	deut.			in·fé
present subjunctive	prot.

past subjunctive	deut.				in·fesmais
past subjunctive	prot.

imperative		indiad

verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

⇒ Middle Irish: indisid
- Irish: inis
- Manx: insh
- Scottish Gaelic: innis

Mutation

Mutation of *in·fét*
radical	lenition	nasalization
in·fét	in·ḟét	in·fét pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ind-fét, in-fét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language