taitnigidir

Old Irish

Etymology

Related to do·aitni.

Verb

taitnigidir (verbal noun totnugud)

  1. (hapax legomenon) to please
    • 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. 105c7
      ro·taitnigser-su ― glosses Latin placatus es

Usage notes

This deponent verb and its verbal noun each only occur once as hapaxes in the Milan glosses. The verb shows up a few more times in later Middle Irish homilies.

Inflection

Simple, class A II present, s preterite
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs.
conj.
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj.
rel.
perfect deut. ro·taitnigser
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun totnugud
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: taitnigid

Further reading

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