trisgata

Old Irish

Etymology

From tre- (“through”) +‎ gataid (“take off”). This verb uses a different pretonic form tris-, formed under the influence of frith-, instead of the tremi- used with other verbs derived with tre-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr͈isˈɡada/

Verb

tris·gata (prototonic ·tregda)

1. to pierce
   • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 85, pages 115-179:

     Is in deniu aibritid tres·ngata na huile dúile súas co ricci riched.

     Faster than the blink of an eye, [the sign of the Cross] traverses [lit. pierces through] all the elements up to heaven.

Conjugation

Complex, class A I present, s preterite

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	tris·gataim		tres·ngata (nasalized)			tris·ngatat (nasalized)
	Prot.	trecatim		·tregda
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.			dris·rogat
	Prot.
Future	Deut.
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Imperative
Verbal noun
Past participle		tragdae
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tregtaid
  • Irish: treaghd

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tris·gata	tris·gata pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/	tris·ngata
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tregtaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language