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Old Irish
Etymology
From to- + gairid.
Pronunciation
Verb
do·gair (verbal noun togairm)
- to call
- 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. 22c1
.i. dos·n-ucci intí doda·rogart.- i.e. He who has called them understands them.
c. 808, Félire Oengusso, December 14; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:Don·rogra dond rígflaith ríg ro·ucc ar siur, sab cáid clóithe coïr Drusus cona thriur.- May he call us to the royal realm of the king that our Sister has brought forth: the holy champion, vanquished, and just Drusus with his trio.
- 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. 37b16
.i. ní hó mud neirt nó chaíne do·gairem-ni noíbu acht as·beram sanctos (“sainredchu nó rubriciu”) doib dint sainriud inna noíbe techtae.- It is not in the manner of their strength or beauty that we call them holy, but we label them sanctos (“special or preeminent”) from the peculiarity of the holiness that they have.
Inflection
Complex, class B II present, t preterite, a subjunctive
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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Lenition |
Nasalization
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| do·gair
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do·gair
pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/
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do·ngair
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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