insamlathar

Old Irish

Etymology

Denominative verb from insamlad (“likeness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈsaṽlaθar/

Verb

in·samlathar (prototonic ·insamladar, verbal noun intamail)

1. to imitate, emulate
   • 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. 5^b20

     trisin intamail sin .i. combad ǽt leu buid domsa i n-iriss et duús in intamlitis

     through that imitation, i.e. so that there may be jealousy with them for me to be in faith and if by chance they might imitate [me]

   • 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. 9^a14

     Bed adthramli .i. gaibid comarbus for n-athar et intamlid a béssu.

     Be pl fatherlike, i.e. take your father’s heritage and imitate his manners

2. to compare, liken
3. to simulate

Conjugation

Complex, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive, deponent

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.			in·samlathar			in·samlatar
	Prot.			·insamladar	·intṡamlammar	·intamlid, ·intṡamlid
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.						inru·samlasatar
	Prot.
Future	Deut.					in·samlibid
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.	in·samlar	in·samailter
	Prot.		·intamlae		·intamlammar
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.					·intṡamlithe	·intamlitis
Imperative			intamaltae			intamlid, intṡamlid
Verbal noun		intamail
Past participle
Verbal of necessity		intamaltai

Mutation

The lenition of this form is apparently unattested but would probably have been int·ṡamlathar.