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Old Irish
Etymology
From ré (“before”) + síu (“this”), the latter being a dative singular neuter of so (“this”).[1]
Pronunciation
Conjunction
resíu
- before
- Antonyms: ó, iarsindí
For quotations using this term, see Citations:resíu.
Usage notes
The verb following resíu generally is in the independent augmented present or past subjunctive, which for most verbs contain ro-. The main exception is when the verb defectively cannot be augmented, in that case the unaugmented subjunctive appears instead.
resíu do·ndichsitis asin doíri- before they had come out of captivity (note do·dichsitis, suppletive augmented past subjunctive of do·tét)
resíu tised hiress- before the Faith had come (note unaugmented past subjunctive tised of do·icc, since do·icc is not augmentable)
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