techtaid

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“be suitable”); see also Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þeihan, “to prosper”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

techtaid (conjunct ·techta, verbal noun techtad)

  1. to have, to possess
    Synonym: at·tá
    • 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. 56b31
      Cía techtid nach aile ní ad·chobrai-siu ⁊ ní techtai-siu ón immurgu, ní étaigther-su immanísin, .i. ní ascnae ⁊ ní charae; is sí indala ch[í]all les isindí as emulari in sin.
      Though another may possess what you may desire and you do however not possess, you should not be jealous of that thing, i.e. you should not seek after and love it; that is one of the two meanings that he finds in emulari.
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 26a6
      ɔ eperthae cía aiccent ⁊ cisí aimser derb thechtas
      so that it might be said what accent and what certain time it has

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
1st sg. 2nd sg. 3rd sg. 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. Passive sg. Passive pl.
Present indicative Abs. techtai techtid, techtaid
Conj. ·techtai ·techta ·techtid, ·techtaid ·techtat
Rel. techtas techtmae techtaite
Imperfect indicative ·techtad techtitis
Preterite Abs.
Conj. ·techtus ·techt ·techtsat
Rel.
Perfect Deut. ro·techtus ro·techt ro·techtsat
Prot.
Future Abs.
Conj. ·techtub
Rel.
Conditional
Present subjunctive Abs. techte, techtae techtid, techtaid
Conj. ·techte, ·techtae ·techta ·techtid, ·techtaid ·techtat
Rel. techtas techtmae techtaite
Past subjunctive techtad ·techte, ·techtae techtitis
Imperative techtad techtid, techtaid
Verbal noun
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: techtaid

Mutation

Mutation of techtaid
radical lenition nasalization
techtaid thechtaid techtaid
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1068”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1068

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