adágathar

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Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ad- + Proto-Celtic *āgītor, originally a perfect-only verb *āgetor (to have become afraid) and later adapted to the weak conjugation (class A II). From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂ógʰe (to be upset, afraid), from *h₂egʰ-.[1] Compare Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (agis), 𐍉𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ōgan); Old English eġe; Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, pain, grief), ἄχνυμαι (ákhnumai, I grieve).

That the Old Irish verb was originally an i-stem (A II) verb, is revealed by the older forms with -áig-. It later became an a-stem (A I) with -ág- throughout the paradigm.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aðˈaːɣaθar/, /aðˈaːɣaðar/

Verb[edit]

ad·ágathar (prototonic ·ágathar, verbal noun áigthiu or áigsiu)

  1. to fear, to dread, to stand in awe of

Conjugation[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ad·ágathar unchanged ad·n-ágathar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) “*āg-/*āg-”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 206
  2. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 553, page 358

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