admidethar

Old Irish

Etymology

ad- +‎ midithir

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aðˈmʲiðʲeθar]

Verb

ad·midethar (prototonic ·aimdethar, verbal noun ammus)

  1. to try, to attempt

Conjugation

Complex, class B II present, s future, s subjunctive, deponent
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. ad·midiur; ata·midiur (with infixed pronoun da-) ad·midethar
prot.
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut. ad·midir, ad·midair
prot.
perfect deut. ad·ruimiduir ad·romadair ad·romas, ad·rodmas
prot.
future deut. ad·miastar; atot·miastar (with infixed pronoun dot-)
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut. ad·mestar
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative aimmded aimdetar
verbal noun ammus
past participle
verbal of necessity

Quotations

  • c. 825, The Tract on the Mass in the Stowe Missal, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, page 253, § 10
    In mesad mesas in sacart in cailech ⁊ in obli ⁊ int ammus ad·midethar a combach figor nan aithisse ⁊ nan esorcon ⁊ inna aurgabale insen
    The examination [with which] the priest examines the chalice and the host, and the effort which he attempts to break it, that is a figure of the insults and of the buffets and of the seizure [of Christ].
  • c. 850, Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 20, BCr. 33a7
    aimmded glosses innitatur
  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56a23
    na aimdetar
    let them not attempt

Mutation

Mutation of ad·midethar
radical lenition nasalization
ad·midethar
also ad·mmidethar
ad·midethar
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/
ad·midethar
also ad·mmidethar

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

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