techtaid
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)
- to have, to possess
- 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
- 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
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 | ||||||||
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| 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
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| techtaid | thechtaid | techtaid pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1068”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1068
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “techtaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tenk-
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish verbs
- Old Irish terms with quotations
- Old Irish simple verbs
- Old Irish class A I present verbs
- Old Irish s preterite verbs
- Old Irish f future verbs
- Old Irish a subjunctive verbs