doairngir

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ ar- +‎ in- +‎ gairid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈharʲŋʲɡʲirʲ]

Verb

do·airngir (prototonic ·tairngir, verbal noun tairngire)

  1. to promise

Inflection

Complex, class B II present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. du·arngir, du·airngir, du·airngair du·airngerat
prot. ·tairngir ·tarngirther
imperfect indicative deut. du·airngerthe
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. do·rairngert; dunda·rairgiurt (with infixed pronoun da-); dos·rerngart (with infixed pronoun s-) du·rairngirt do·rairngert to·airngertatur; dund·rairngertar (with infixed pronoun d-) do·rairngerad, du·rairngred, du·rairngered
prot. ·tairrngert
future deut.
prot. ·tairngérat
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot. ·tairngere
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun tairngire
past participle tairngirthe
verbal of necessity

Quotations

  • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 33b3
    Nís·robæ a ndu·rai⟨r⟩ngred doïb.
    They have not had what has been promised to them.
  • 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. 74c20
    Húare ro·comallada inna imneda ⁊ fo·ruirmed cenn forsnaib cotarsnaib du·rairngirt-siu, is fíri{ri}én trá fuä n-indas sin tabart díglae foraibsom.
    Because the troubles have been fulfilled, and an end has been put to the adversities that you sg have promised, it is just, then, to inflict vengeance on them in that way.

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: tairngirid, tairrgirid
    • Irish: tairngir
    • Scottish Gaelic: targair

Mutation

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

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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