adnoí
Old Irish
Etymology
ad- + Proto-Celtic *nuweti (compare Welsh adnau (“deposit”)), from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod, assent to”). Cognate with Latin adnuō (“to nod assent”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ad·noí (verbal noun aithne)
Conjugation
Complex
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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| Present indicative | Deut. | ad·noí at·noí with infixed pronoun t- |
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| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Preterite | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | ad·roni | |||||||
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| Future | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Present subjunctive | Deut. | ad·nódar, ad·noodur | |||||||
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| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Imperative | aithnid | ||||||||
| Verbal noun | aithne | ||||||||
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| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ad·noí also ad·nnoí |
ad·noí pronounced with /-n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| 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), “ad·noí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language