doesta

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ ess- +‎ ·tá. This etymology also explains the appearances of stems with -bi-, with bíid often being a suppletion source for several compounds from the conjunct root ·tá, such as at·tá (“to be”). The present-tense forms with n show a confusion with benaid (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪oˈhes.t̪a/

Verb

do·esta (prototonic ·testa or ·tesban, verbal noun tesbaid)

1. (impersonal, with ar indicating the person lacking) to be absent, lacking

Inflection

This verb is defective, only conjugating for the third person.

Complex, class A III and B IV present, á preterite, e subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.			do·esta, do·esbun
	prot.			·testa, ·tesbi, ·tesban			·tesbanat
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.			·tesbad
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.
	prot.			·tesarb, ·tesarbae
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.			do·essaib
	prot.			·tesaib			·tesbat
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		tesbaid
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: teast (“to die, perish”)
• ⇒ Middle Irish: testaigid
  • Irish: teastaigh

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Verb

doesta

1. inflection of doestar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative