aigid

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ageti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. The future stem is from Proto-Celtic *ɸiblāseti (earlier *ɸiɸlāseti, reduplicated future of *ɸalnati, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (to drive) (compare Latin pellō).

Pronunciation

Verb

aigid (conjunct ·aig, verbal noun án or aige)

  1. to drive
  2. to celebrate, hold festivities

Conjugation

Simple, class B I present, t preterite, a future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. aigid aigit agair agtair
conj. ·aig, ·aich ·aigid ·agat ·agar, ·agathar ·agatar
rel. aiges agar
imperfect indicative ·aigtis
preterite abs. achtai
conj. ·acht ·achtatar ·acht ·achta
rel.
perfect deut.
prot.
future abs. eblaid eblait
conj. ·ebla
rel. eblas
conditional ·eblad
present subjunctive abs.
conj. ·agae
rel.
past subjunctive ·agad ·agtais ·agthae
imperative aig agat agar
verbal noun án
past participle
verbal of necessity

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of aigid
radical lenition nasalization
aigid
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-aigid

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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