sechmadachtae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • sechmadachte, sechmodachte

Etymology

From sechmo- (“past”) +‎ techt (“going”) +‎ -e (abstract noun suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʲexməðəxte/, [ˈsʲexmaðaxtɘ]

Noun

sechmadachtae m

  1. past tense, preterite
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 160b2
      con·fil linni hisind óin-ṡechmadachtu afile leosom indib sechmadachtib
      i.e. so that we have in the one preterite what they [the Greeks] have in two preterites [perfect and aorist]
    • 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. 27a6
      a ngell taraisse .i. inna degmaini ro·ngeni dia isint sechmadachtu ar in popul·
      the proper pledge, i.e., the benefits that God wrought in the past for the people;

Declension

Neuter io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative sechmadachtaeN sechmadachtaeL sechmadachtaeL
vocative sechmadachtaeN sechmadachtaeL sechmadachtaeL
accusative sechmadachtaeN sechmadachtaeL sechmadachtaeL
genitive sechmadachtaiL sechmadachtaeL sechmadachtaeN
dative sechmadachtuL sechmadachtaib sechmadachtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Adjective

sechmadachtae

  1. past, of the past, preterital
    • 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. 50d10
      .i. amal durigni inna gnímu sechmadachtai dugena dano innahí tairngir hisatodochide·
      i.e. as He did the past deeds, He will indeed do what He promises in the future.

Declension

io/iā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sechmadachtae sechmadachtae sechmadachtae
vocative sechmadachtai
accusative sechmadachtae sechmadachtai
genitive sechmadachtai sechmadachtae sechmadachtai
dative sechmadachtu sechmadachtai sechmadachtu
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative sechmadachtai sechmadachtai
vocative sechmadachtai
sechmadachtu*
accusative sechmadachtai
sechmadachtu*
genitive sechmadachtae
dative sechmadachtaib

* when substantivized

Mutation

Mutation of sechmadachtae
radical lenition nasalization
sechmadachtae ṡechmadachtae sechmadachtae

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

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 853, page 530; reprinted 2017
  2. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “sechmadachte”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page S-65

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