dofeid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈɸʲeðʲ]

Etymology 1

From to- +‎ feidid (to lead).

Verb

do·feid (verbal noun tuíden)

  1. to go before, to take precedence
Inflection
Complex, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. do·fed, do·feid, do·fet
prot.
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative tóided
verbal noun tuíden
past participle
verbal of necessity

Etymology 2

From dí- (of, from) +‎ feidid (to lead).

Verb

do·feid (verbal noun díden)

  1. to lead, to bring
  2. to bring about, to cause
Inflection
Complex, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. do·fed, do·feid, do·fet do·fedhat
prot.
imperfect indicative deut. ta·feid, ton·feid (with infexed pronoun a-, n-) dus·feded (with infixed pronoun s-) dod·feitis (with infixed pronoun d-)
prot.
preterite deut. du·fáid dut·fidedar (with infixed pronoun t-)
prot.
perfect deut. do·ruid; duda·ruid (with infixed pronoun da-)
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut. do·fessind
prot.
present subjunctive deut. don·fé (with infixed pronoun n-)
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun díden
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of do·feid
radical lenition nasalization
do·feid do·ḟeid do·feid
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dofeid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) “Urkelt. *u̯ed-e/o- ‘(zusammen)führen, fließen’”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 656f.
  • Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) “fed- ‘lead, bring’”, in Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, 3.1.41., page 198
  • Rolf Baumgarten (1983) “Varia III A note on the Táin Bó Regamna”, in Ériu, volume 34, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, page 190