doecmalla

Old Irish

Etymology

to- +‎ in- +‎ com- +‎ ·ella, ·ella being a fossilized conjunct form descending from Proto-Celtic *ɸalnati. See also ad·ella, derived from the same root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪oˈheɡ.mə.l̪a/
  • (Blasse) [d̪oˈheɡ.ma.l̪a]
  • (Griffith) [d̪oˈheɡ.mə.l̪a]

Verb

do·ecmalla (conjunct ·tecmalla, verbal noun teclam or teclaim)

1. to gather

   Synonym: do·inóla

Conjugation

Complex, class A I present, s preterite, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.			do·ecmalla
	prot.			·tecmalla				tecmaltar
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.			·tecmall			·tecmallsat
perfect	deut.		do·arrchomlais	dos·farclam
	prot.	·tarcomlus		·tarclam			·tarclamsat	·tarchlomad, ·tarclamad
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		tecmall, teclam, teclaim
past participle		tecmaltae
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: teclaid
  • Manx: çhaggil

Further reading

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