rofinnadar

Old Irish

Etymology

ro- +‎ Proto-Celtic *windeti (compare Welsh gwn (I know)), from *wi-n-d- (compare Sanskrit विन्दति (vindati, finds)), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see, know).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [r͈oˈɸʲin͈aðar]

Verb

ro·finnadar (prototonic ·finnadar, verbal noun fius)

  1. to find out, discover
    • 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. 30a3
      Amal nád n-airigther ⁊ nád fintar a ndu·gníther hi suidi, sic ba in fortgidiu ⁊ ba hi temul du·gníth Saul cona muntair intleda ⁊ erelca fri Dauid.
      As what is done in that is not perceived and discovered, so it was covertly and it was in darkness that Saul with his people was making snares and ambushes against David.
  2. (in perfect) to know
    • 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. 90c19
      fetar indam·ṡoírfad Día fa nacc.
      I do not know whether God would deliver me or not.

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rofinnadar.

Conjugation

Complex, class B V present, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. ro·finnadar ro·finnatar
prot. ·finnadar ·finnatar ·fintar ·finnatar
imperfect indicative deut. ro·finnad
prot. ·finnad
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. ro·fetar ro·fitir ro·fitemmar ro·fitid ro·fitetar ro·fess ro·fessa
prot. ·fetar ·fetar ·fitir ·fitemmar ·fitid ·fitetar ·fess ·fessa
future deut. ro·fessur ro·feisser ru·fiastar, ro·festar ro·fessammar ro·fessid, ro·fessaid ro·fessatar ro·fessar
prot. ·fessur ·feisser ·fiastar, ·festar ·fessammar ·fessid, ·fessaid ·fessatar ·fessar
conditional deut. ro·fessainn ro·festa ro·fessad ro·fesmais ro·festae
prot. ·fessainn ·festa ·fessad ·fesmais ·festae ·festais ·festae
present subjunctive deut. ro·fessur ro·feisser ro·festar ro·fessammar ro·fessaid ro·fessatar ro·fessar
prot. ·fessur ·feisser ·festar ·fessammar ·fessaid ·fessatar ·fessar
past subjunctive deut. ro·fessainn ro·festa ro·fessad ro·fesmais ro·festae
prot. ·fessainn ·festa ·fessad ·fesmais ·festae ·festais ·festae
imperative fintae finnad finnamar finnaid finnatar
verbal noun fius
past participle
verbal of necessity fissi

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: finnaid
    • Irish: fionn
  • Irish: feadair (from perfect conjunct ·fitir)

Mutation

Mutation of ro·finnadar
radical lenition nasalization
ro·finnadar ro·ḟinnadar ro·finnadar
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