adella

Old Irish

Etymology

ad- + Proto-Celtic *ɸalnati, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aðˈel͈a/

Verb

ad·ella (prototonic ·aidle, verbal noun adall)

to visit
to pass to

For quotations using this term, see Citations:adella.

Usage notes

In the sense ‘visit’, this verb is sometimes complemented by the preposition la (“with”) plus a pronoun referring back to the subject, with no discernible change in meaning, e.g. atdub·elliub lemm (“I will visit you”, literally “I will visit you with me”).

Inflection

Complex, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	singular	plural
present indicative	deut.			ad·ella; ata·ella (with infixed pronoun da-)			ad·ellat
present indicative	prot.			·aidle

imperfect indicative	deut.			ad·ellad
imperfect indicative	prot.			·aidled

preterite	deut.			ad·ell
preterite	prot.

perfect	deut.			ad·rell			ad·ralsat
perfect	prot.							·aidled

future	deut.	ad·elliub, ad·eilliub; atdub·elliub (with infixed pronoun dub-)
future	prot.	·adliub		·aidlibe, ·aidliba, ·aidléba

conditional	deut.
conditional	prot.							·aidlébthai

present subjunctive	deut.		ad·rella (ro-form)	ad·ella
present subjunctive	prot.

past subjunctive	deut.		ro·adelta (ro-form)
past subjunctive	prot.		·adelta

imperative

verbal noun		adall
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

ad·aidlea
do·aidlea

Descendants

Middle Irish: aidlid

Mutation

Mutation of *ad·ella*
radical	lenition	nasalization
ad·ella (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	ad·ella	ad·n-ella

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.