césaid

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷenssāti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷendʰ- (to suffer). Cognate with Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō) and πάθος (páthos).

Pronunciation

Verb

césaid (verbal noun céssad)

  1. to suffer, to endure
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 25a10
      Níp imned libsi mo fochidi-se, ꝉ cia chéste ar iriss Críst.
      May my sufferings not be tribulation for you pl, or although you may suffer for Christ’s faith

Inflection

Descendants

  • Irish: céas
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceus

Mutation

Mutation of césaid
radical lenition nasalization
césaid chésaid césaid
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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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