duesairc

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Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ ess- (out) +‎ orcaid (to kill).

Pronunciation

Verb

du·esairc (prototonic ·tessairg)

  1. to save, rescue

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, t preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. dum·esurc (with infixed pronoun m-) dun·esairc (with infixed pronoun n-) do·esarcat
prot. ·tessurc ·tessairg
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. dos·escmart (with infixed pronoun s-)
prot. ·tescmart
future deut. doda·essarr (with infixed pronoun da-)
prot. ·tesarr
conditional deut.
prot. ·tesartis
present subjunctive deut. da·essoir (with infixed pronoun a-)
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative tesorcid
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of duesairc
radical lenition nasalization
du·esairc
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged du·n-esairc

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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