dofortai

Old Irish

Etymology

From dí- +‎ Proto-Celtic *wortīti, from Proto-Indo-European *wortéyeti, a causative formation from *wert- (“to turn”).

Verb

do·fortai (prototonic ·dortai)

1. to pour (out)
2. to spill

Inflection

Complex, class A II present, f future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.			do·fortai			do·fortat
	prot.			·dortai
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.							do·rortad
	prot.
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.								do·fortatar
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.			do·fortad
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: dóirtid
  • Irish: doirt
  • Scottish Gaelic: dòirt

Mutation

Mutation of do·fortai

radical	lenition	nasalization
do·fortai	do·ḟortai	do·fortai pronounced with /β̃-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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