maidid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *madyeti (to break), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (to drip, ooze; grease, fat), though the semantic connection is difficult.[1] The reduplicated preterite and future stems in meb- /mʲev-/ are dissimilated from mem- /mʲeṽ-/.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaðʲiðʲ]

Verb

maidid (conjunct ·maid, ·maith or ·moith, verbal noun maidm)

  1. (intransitive) to break, burst
  2. (impersonal) to defeat, rout [with (+ person defeating) and for (+ person being defeated)]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:maidid.

Inflection

Simple, class B II present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. maidit
conj. ·maid, ·moith; ru·maith (ro-form)
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs. memdaitir
conj. ·memaid, ·mmemaid, ·mebaid, ·mmebaid ·mebdatar
rel.
perfect deut. ro·mmemaid, co·mmebaid
prot. ·róemid, ·rróemid ·raimdetar
future abs. memais, mebais mebusmet
conj. ·mema, ·mmema; ·roíma (ro-form) ·memsam ·memsat, ·mebsat
rel. memsite
conditional ·mebsad ·mebsaitis
present subjunctive abs. máis
conj. ·má, ·mǽ; ·roma (ro-form)
rel.
past subjunctive ·maissed ·roimsitis (ro-form)
imperative maided
verbal noun maidm
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

  • do·maid
  • díumaidm

Descendants

  • Irish: maígh, maidhm (denominal re-formation from the verbal noun)

Mutation

Mutation of maidid
radical lenition nasalization
maidid
also mmaidid in h-prothesis environments
maidid
pronounced with /β̃-/
maidid
also mmaidid

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 251–52

Further reading