arcain

See also: arcáin

Old Irish

Etymology

From air- +‎ canaid.

Verb

ar·cain (verbal noun airchetal)

1. to sing, recite

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, reduplicated preterite

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.		ar·canai	ar·cain			arid·chanat (with infixed pronoun d-)	ar·canar	ar·cantar
	prot.
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.			ar·cachain				ara·chét
	prot.
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		airchetal
past participle
verbal of necessity

Further reading

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