nertaid
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom nert (“strength”) + -aid
Pronunciation
editVerb
editnertaid (conjunct ·nerta, verbal noun nertad)
- to strengthen
Conjugation
editSimple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Abs. | nertim | nertai | nertaid | |||||
| Conj. | ·nertim | ·nertai | ·nerta | ·nertam | ·nertar | ||||
| Rel. | nertar | ||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | ·nertad | ·nertais | ·nertais | ||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | nertais | |||||||
| Conj. | ·nertais | ·nert | ·nertad | ||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ro·nertais | ru·nert | ro·nertad | |||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Abs. | nertfidir | |||||||
| Conj. | ·nertfa | ||||||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Conditional | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | nertai | nertaid | ||||||
| Conj. | ·nertai | ·nerta | ·nertam | ·nertar | |||||
| Rel. | nertar | ||||||||
| Past subjunctive | ·nertad | ·nertais | ·nertais | ||||||
| Imperative | nert | nertad | nertaid | nertar | |||||
| Verbal noun | nertad | ||||||||
| Past participle | nertae | ||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | nertai | ||||||||
Descendants
editMutation
edit| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| nertaid also nnertaid after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
nertaid pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 nertaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language