From ess- + Proto-Celtic *luweti. Matasović assumes that the simplex is unattested. However, Pedersen connects as·luí with luïthir (“to move”), an attested simplex verb.
as·luí (prototonic ·elai, verbal noun élud)
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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| Present indicative | Deut. | as·luí, as·loi | as·luat | ||||||
| Prot. | ·elai | ·elat | |||||||
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | ad·luinn | as·luad | ||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Preterite | Deut. | at·lúi | as·luiset | ||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | as·ruluús | at·rulais | as·rola, at·rullai | |||||
| Prot. | ·erlós | ·érlai | |||||||
| Future | Deut. | as·luífet | |||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Present subjunctive | Deut. | as·loat | |||||||
| Prot. | ro·héla, ·erla (ro-forms) | ·elammar; ·érlam (ro-form) | ·élat | ||||||
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | as·lóinse (with emphatic suffix -se) | |||||||
| Prot. | ·elaitis | ||||||||
| Imperative | |||||||||
| Verbal noun | élud | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| as·luí also as·lluí |
as·luí pronounced with /-l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||