nascaid

Irish

Verb

nascaid

  1. (archaic, dialectal) third-person plural present indicative/present subjunctive of nasc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nadsketi, from Proto-Indo-European *neHd-. Cognate with Breton naskañ, English net, and Latin nassa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n͈askəðʲ/, [n͈askɨðʲ]

Verb

nascaid (conjunct ·naisc, verbal noun naidm)

  1. to bind, to fasten

Inflection

Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs.
conj. ·naiscim ·naisc ·nascat
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs. nenaisc nascair
conj. ·nenasc ·nenaisc ·nenaisc ·nascar
rel.
perfect deut. ro·nenasc ro·nenaisc
prot.
future abs. nenais
conj. ·nenas ·nenais ·nena
rel.
conditional ·nensaitis
present subjunctive abs. nasair
conj. ·nais ·ná ·nasar ·nasaiter
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun naidm
past participle nassa
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

  • imm·naisc

Descendants

  • Irish: nasc
  • Manx: naisht
  • Scottish Gaelic: naisg

Mutation

Mutation of nascaid
radical lenition nasalization
nascaid
also nnascaid in h-prothesis environments
nascaid
pronounced with /n-/
nascaid
also nnascaid

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) “nad-sko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 282-283

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