doceil

Old Irish

Etymology

From dí- +‎ ceilid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˈkʲelʲ/

Verb

do·ceil (prototonic ·dichil, verbal noun díchleth or díchelt)

  1. to hide, to conceal
    • 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. 56c11
      .i. amal is i mmedon lathi is relem cech rét is do ducad són du thaidbsin nad·ndichil ní ar Dia i ngnimaib cech óin.
      As it is noon [lit. midday] that everything is most clearly visible, it is for this [reason] that it was brought forward, to show that nothing hides from God in the deeds of everyone.
    • Trecheng Breth Féne, published in The Triads of Ireland (1906, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, §84
      Trí cáin do·celat éitchi: sobés la anricht, áne la dóer, ecna la dodelb.
      Three fair things that hide ugliness: good manners for the ill-favored, skill in a serf, [and] wisdom in the misshapen.

Inflection

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. do·ceil do·celat
prot. ·dichil ·dichliter
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut. to·celt do·celtatar
prot.
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun díchleth, díchelt
past participle
verbal of necessity dichelta

References