doéccai

Old Irish

Etymology

From dí- +‎ in- +‎ Proto-Celtic *kʷiseti. Related to ad·cí (“to see”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈheːɡɨ]

Verb

do·éccai (prototonic ·déci, verbal noun déicsiu)

  1. to behold, to look at, see
    • 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. 111c13
      Is hé ru·fiastar cumachtae inna díglae do·mbi{u}r-siu húa londas, intí du·écigi{gi} is ar trócairi ⁊ censi du·bir-siu forunni siu innahí fo·daimem ré techt innúnn.
      He who will know the power of the punishment which you sg inflict by means of wrath, it is he who will see that it is for the sake of mercy and gentleness that you inflict on us here the things that we suffer before going there.

Inflection

Complex, class A III present, reduplicated preterite, s future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. do·reccu (ro-form) do·écai do·écet
prot. ·déccu ·déci ·décaid
imperfect indicative deut. do·n-écad do·écitis
prot.
preterite deut. da·n-écachae (with infixed pronoun a-)
prot.
perfect deut. do·reccacha do·recatar, do·recachtar
prot. ·dercachae
future deut. do·n-écucus du·écigi
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut. de·n-écaither do·écastar
prot. ·dercar (ro-form) ·dercaither (ro-form) ·decamar ·deccastar
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative décce, déicce décad décith, décaid
verbal noun déicsiu
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • >? Middle Irish: fégaid, féchaid
    • Irish: féach
    • Scottish Gaelic: feuch
      • ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: feuchail

Mutation

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

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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