túaisi

Old Irish

Etymology

From a form related to Proto-Celtic *tausyeti (“to be silent”) (from *tausos, whence tóe (“silent”)), suffixed with an unknown element that resulted in Old Irish -ss- /s/. It cannot be directly from *tausyeti since the root-final s would have disappeared in such a formation, as it did in Welsh tewi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtuːa̯sʲi]

Verb

·túaisi

  1. to listen, hear; be silent (unattested by itself; takes various preverbs to form verbs)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of ·túaisi
radical lenition nasalization
·túaisi ·thúaisi ·túaisi
pronounced with /d-/

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

Further reading

  • Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 847, pages 651–652
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