domaisi

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contains the prefix to-. The verb's existence was discovered by Liam Breatnach in 2005; previously, occurrences of it were assigned to unrelated verbs, like do·maithi (to threaten) and dlomaid (to reject).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

do·maisi (prototonic ·toimsi)

  1. to devise, concoct

Inflection[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
do·maisi
also do·mmaisi
do·maisi
pronounced with /-ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Breatnach, Liam (2007) “Varia”, in Ériu[1], volume 57, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved August 18, 2022, pages 155–163

Further reading[edit]