doseinn

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ seinnid (“to strike, to play (an instrument)”). The latter meaning can also have played a role in the derivation, namely "to hunt" < "to sound the dogs", as hunting was often done with dogs. This is evinced by the meaning "to bark" which developed in Middle Irish.[1]

Verb

do·seinn

  1. to pursue, to hunt
    • Broccán's Hymn, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, p. 342
      As·rir in sinnach n-allaid do ráith a aithig in trúaig: dochum feda con·selai cé do·sefnatar int slúaig.
      She gave the wild fox to her vassal, the wretched one; it went to the woods, although the host chased after it.
    • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 53:
      Do·sennat na secht n-aige do Ráith Chrúachan, ⁊ secht sinnchu ⁊ secht míla maige ⁊ secht turcu alta, conda·rubatar ind óic issind aurlaind in dúine.
      [The hounds] chase the seven deer to Ráith Chrúachan, in addition to seven foxes, seven hares, and seven wild boars, until the youths struck down [the hunted animals] in the lawn of the fort.

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·seinn dum·sennat (with infixed pronoun m-) do·sennar do·sennaiter
prot.
imperfect indicative deut. du·senned du·sente
prot.
preterite deut. dunda·sepfainn (with infixed pronoun da-); do·sephainn do·sefnatar to·sessa
prot. ·tafnetar
perfect deut. dot·roiphnetar (with infixed pronoun t-)
prot.
future deut. do·sifius dos·sib (with infixed pronoun s-)
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut. du·sésa do·séset
prot.
past subjunctive deut. du·sésainn dot·séstae (with infixed pronoun t-)
prot.
imperative ·toibhned
verbal noun tofond
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: tafnid (“to bark”)

References

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) “Urkelt. *san-na- 'erreichen'”, 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 559

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