asgnin

Old Irish

Etymology

From ess- +‎ ·gnin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [asˈɡʲnʲin]

Verb

as·gnin (verbal noun ecnae)

  1. to know, recognize, understand
    Synonyms: ad·gnin, in·gnin
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 209b13
      Iss ed inso nád chumaing ara·n-ísar and, coní enggnatar gníma, acht asa·gnintar.
      This is what cannot be found there, that actions are not understood, but they are understood.

Inflection

In the St Gall glosses, the preverb is usually disyllabic asa- instead of the usual as-.

Complex, class B V present, reduplicated preterite, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. asa·gninaim asa·gnintar, assa·gnintar asa·gnintar, as·gniintar
prot.
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut. as·gén
prot. ·acén
perfect deut.
prot. ·ergéoin, ·ergéouin
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut. asa·gnoither
prot.
past subjunctive deut. at·ngneitis (with infixed pronoun d-)
prot.
imperative
verbal noun ecnae
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of as·gnin
radical lenition nasalization
as·gnin as·gnin
pronounced with /ɣʲ-/		 as·ngnin

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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