addaim

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *addamyeti, cognate to Welsh addef; surface analysis ad- +‎ daimid.

Pronunciation

Verb

ad·daim (prototonic ·ataim, verbal noun aititiu)

  1. acknowledge, admit
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, section 494; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Rom·sóerae, á Íssu, glé lim atom·didmae amail sóersai popul Israël de Gilbae.
      Save me, O Jesus, it is clear to me that you will acknowledge me like you saved the people of Israel from Gilboa!
    • 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. 181a5
      Is samlid ata·daimet cia chrechtnaigthi nathir mani eple de.
      Thus, they recognize them if a snake wounds him, and if he does not die of that.

Inflection

Descendants

  • Irish: admhaigh

Mutation

Mutation of addaim
radical lenition nasalization
ad·daim ad·daim
pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/
ad·ndaim

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

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