dotuit

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪oˈt̪ut̠ʲ/

Etymology 1

From to- +‎ Proto-Celtic *tudeti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”); cognate with Sanskrit तुदति (tudáti), Latin tundō, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan). The final consonant originated in the prototonic ·tuit /ˈtutʲ/ from */ˈtoθuðʲθʲ/, syncopated from *to-tudeti, and later spread to the deuterotonic. The /u/ vowel, on the other hand, originated in the deuterotonic and later spread to the prototonic, as the original prototonic form */ˈtoθuðθʲ/ would normally have become *·túait */ˈtuːa̯tʲ/.

See the entry for the preterite do·cer for the etymology of that form.

Verb

do·tuit (prototonic ·tuit, verbal noun tothaimm)

1. to fall (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity; come down or descend)
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:dotuit.

Conjugation

Complex, class B I present, suffixless preterite, s future, s subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.			do·tuit			do·tuitet	do·tuiter
	prot.			·tuit			·tuitet	·tuiter
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.						·tuititis
preterite	deut.			do·cer			do·certar
	prot.
perfect	deut.	do·rochar	do·rochar	do·rochar, do·rochair	do·rochramar		do·rochratar
	prot.	·torchar	·torchar	·torchar, ·torchair	·torchramar		·torchartar, ·torchratar
future	deut.			do·tóeth			do·tóethsat
	prot.	·tóethus	·tóethais	·tóeth, ·toíth			·tóetsat, ·tóethsat
conditional	deut.			do·tóethsad
	prot.			·tóetsad, ·tóethsad			·tóethsitis, ·tóethsaitis
present subjunctive	deut.	do·rothudus (ro-form)		do·toth			do·todsat
	prot.		·tothais	·toth, ·tod	·torthissem, ·torthaissem (ro-form)		·todsat; ·torthaiset, ·torthaisset (ro-form)
past subjunctive	deut.	do·todsinn, do·toidsinn		do·rotsad, do·rothsad (ro-form)
	prot.							·todsitis, ·todsaitis; ·ndodsitis (eclipsed after co (“so that”))
imperative			tuit
verbal noun		tothaim, tothaimm
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• con·tuit

Descendants

• Middle Irish: do·fuit, ·tuit
  • Irish: tuit, tit
  • Manx: tuitt
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuit

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 do·tuit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913), Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 656

Etymology 2

From dí- +‎ Proto-Celtic *tudeti, as above.

Verb

do·tuit (prototonic ·díthat, verbal noun díthim)

1. to lapse
2. to become forfeit

Conjugation

Complex, class B I present, suffixless preterite

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.
	prot.			·díthat
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.			do·roth
	prot.			·deroth			·dertaiset
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		díthim
past participle
verbal of necessity

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 do·tuit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913), Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 657

Mutation

Mutation of do·tuit

radical	lenition	nasalization
do·tuit	do·thuit	do·tuit pronounced with /d-/

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