midithir

Old Irish

FWOTD – 14 March 2020

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *medyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure; give advice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲi.ðʲə.θʲəɾʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈmʲi.ðʲɪ.θʲɪɾʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈmʲi.ðʲɨ.θʲɨɾʲ]

Verb

midithir (prototonic ·midethar, verbal noun mess)

1. to weigh, to judge, to estimate
2. to pass judgment [with for ‘on’]

Inflection

Simple, class B II present, suffixless preterite, s future, s subjunctive, deponent

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	abs.	midiur	mitter	midithir	midimmir	mitte	miditir	mittir	miditir
	conj.	·midiur	·mitter, ·mmitter, ·midter	·midedar, ·midethar	·midemmar	·midid	·midetar	·mitter, ·mmitter	·midetar
	rel.			midedar, midethar	midemmar		midetar
imperfect indicative
preterite	abs.
	conj.	·mídar		·mídir, ·mídair			·mídatar	·mes, ·mess
	rel.
perfect	deut.	ro·mídar		ro·mídir, ru·mídair			ro·mídatar	ro·mes, ro·mess
	prot.
future	abs.	messur, mesor	messer	mïastir, mïastair	messimir, messimmir	meste	messitir	mïastir, mïastair	messitir
	conj.	·messur, ·mesor	·messer	·mïastar, ·mmïastar, ·míastar	·messamar, ·messammar		·messatar	·mïastar, ·míastar	·messatar
	rel.			mïastar, míastar	messamar, messammar		messatar	mïastar, míastar	messatar
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.	messur, mesor	messer	mestir	messimir, messimmir	meste	messitir	mesair	messitir
	conj.	·messur, ·mesor	·messer	·mestar	·messamar, ·messammar		·messatar	·messar	·messatar
	rel.			mestar	messamar, messammar		messatar		messatar
past subjunctive		·messinn		·messed
imperative				mided		midid
verbal noun		mes, mess
past participle		messe, meisse
verbal of necessity		messi

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:midithir.

Derived terms

• ad·midethar
• ar·midethar
• con·midethar
• do·midethar
• forsa·mmitter
• fo·rémid
• imm·ruimdethar
• ·émid

Mutation

Mutation of midithir

radical	lenition	nasalization
midithir also mmidithir in h-prothesis environments	midithir pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/	midithir also mmidithir

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), “midithir”, 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, pages 577–578