adopair

Old Irish

Etymology

From ad- +‎ uss- +‎ beirid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aðˈobɨrʲ]

Verb

ad·opair (prototonic ·idbair or ·edbair, verbal noun idbart or edbart)

  1. to offer
  2. to offer up, sacrifice

Conjugation

Complex, class B I present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. ad·opair ad·obarar, ad·oparar; ad·opar (with haplological syncope) ad·opartar, ad·obartar
prot. ·idbair, ·edbair ·idbarat ·idparar
imperfect indicative deut. ad·oparthe
prot.
preterite deut. ad·opart at·opartat (with infixed pronoun t-)
prot. ·edbartatar
perfect deut. ad·ropart ad·robartat, ad·rópartadar; at·ropartatar (with infixed pronoun t-) ad·roipred
prot.
future deut. ata·opéra (with infixed pronoun ta-) atob·opérat (with infixed pronoun tob-)
prot.
conditional deut. at·hopérainn (with infixed pronoun t-)
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative edbair
verbal noun ·idbart, ·edbart
past participle edberthe
verbal of necessity

Quotations

  • 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. 44c17
    atam·roipred [translating consecratus sum]
    I have been offered up

Descendants

  • Irish: íobair
  • Scottish Gaelic: ìobair

Mutation

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

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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