immfreccair

Old Irish

Etymology

From imm- +‎ frith- +‎ gairid, or more directly imm- +‎ fris·gair (“to respond”).

Verb

imm·freccair (verbal noun imfrecrae)

1. to correspond

Usage notes

The verb must be used with a third-person infixed pronoun, usually a-, but s- also appears in late texts.

Inflection

Complex, class B II present

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.						imme·frecrat
	prot.
imperfect indicative	deut.						imma·frecraidis
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		imfrecrae
past participle
verbal of necessity

Further reading

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