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molaidir
molaidir
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Verb
molaidir (conjunct ·molathar, verbal noun molad)
- to praise
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14c18:
- hóre nondob·molor-sa et nom·moídim indib ― because I praise you and boast of you
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14c18:
Conjugation
Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive, deponent
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Abs. | molid* | molthair | ||||||
| Conj. | ·molur, ·molor | ·molathar, ·moladar | ·molammar | ||||||
| Rel. | molmae* | ||||||||
| Imperfect | |||||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | ||||||||
| Conj. | ·molastar | ||||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ro·mmolastar | |||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Abs. | molfait* | |||||||
| Conj. | ·molfar | ||||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Conditional | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | molait* | |||||||
| Conj. | ·moladar | ·molatar | |||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Past subjunctive | |||||||||
| Imperative | molthae | ||||||||
| Verbal noun | molad | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | moltai | ||||||||
| Note: only forms actually attested in Old Irish are listed here. | |||||||||
* Active (rather than deponent) form
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| molaidir also mmolaidir after a proclitic |
molaidir pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
molaidir also mmolaidir after a proclitic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “molaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.