dofuissim

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ uss- +‎ Proto-Celtic *semeti (“pour”), from *semH- (“pump, draw water, scoop”). Cognate with Middle Welsh gwehynnu (“pour”) (from *uɸo-semo-), Old Breton douohinnom (glossing haustum; from *to-uɸo-semo-), Lithuanian sémti (“to pump, scoop”), Latin sentīna (“bilgewater”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈɸusʲimʲ]

Verb

do·fuissim (verbal noun tuistiu)

  1. to create
  2. to beget (of a father)
  3. to bear (a child; of a mother)

Conjugation

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·fuismiu, do·fuismim do·fuissim do·fuismet do·fuissemar
prot.
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. do·forsat, do·rósat do·rósata; do·forsata
prot. ·torsata
future deut. do·fuiséma do·fuisémthar
prot.
conditional deut.
prot. ·tuisémthae
present subjunctive deut. do·fusme
prot. ·torsamad (ro-form)
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun tuistiu
past participle tuiste
verbal of necessity

Quotations

  • 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. 94b7
    Amal as messe duda·forsat inna dúli, is mé dano bǽras mes fírían foraib. (with resumptive pronoun da- (“them”))
    As it is I who have created the elements, so too it is I who will pass righteous judgment on 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. 120c7
    cid torbae ara·torsata ⁊ cía gním du·gníat inna dúli
    what use the elements have been created for and what work they do

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • tuistidi (“parents”)
  • tuistiu (“child”)

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: tuismid
    • Irish: tuismigh
    • Scottish Gaelic: taoim
    • Manx: teaum

Mutation

Mutation of do·fuissim
radical lenition nasalization
do·fuissim do·ḟuissim do·fuissim
pronounced with /β̃-/

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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