fristaít

Old Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“against”) +‎ do·tét (“to come”), which in turn is from to- +‎ téit (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸʲɾʲisˈt̪aːi̯d̪/

Verb

fris·taít (verbal noun frituidecht)

1. to oppose

Conjugation

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

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.			fris·taít
	prot.	·frithtaíg		·frittaít			·frithtaigat
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.						fris·tuidchetar
	prot.
future	deut.			fris·targa
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.	fris·táes		fris·taí; fres·taí
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.	fris·taísinn
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		frituidecht
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of fris·taít

radical	lenition	nasalization
fris·taít	fris·taít	fris·taít pronounced with /d-/

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), “fris-taít”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language