sechmoella

Old Irish

Alternative forms

sechmi·ella

Etymology

Prefixed with sech (“past, beyond”), this verb has a disputed root. Griffith & Stifter believe it is a class A III derivative of *layeti while Le Mair groups it under the derivatives of the A I verbal root ·ella from *ɸalnati instead.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sʲexmoˈhel͈a]

Verb

sechmo·ella (prototonic ·sechmalla, verbal noun sechmall)

to pass by
- 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. 14^d3
  cid écen aisndís do neuch as doruid co léir, ní sechmalfaider cuimre and dano
  though it is necessary to explain carefully anything that is difficult, however brevity will not be passed by
- 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. 25^a3
  Ní·sechmalfam-ní and cen tadal.
  We will not pass by there without touching on it.
to neglect, pass over, omit, lack
- 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. 14^d3
  .i. cid ecen áisndís do neuch as doruid co leir, ni·sechmalfaider cuimre and dano.
  Although an explanation for anything difficult, in a careful manner, is necessary, brevity shall not be neglected therein.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 196^b2
  Hó ranngabáil frecndairc hi cesad sechmo·ella diuscartach. [...] Et sechmo·ella coitchen hó rangabáil ṡech[madachti] intan ara·mberar gnim eissi ⁊ ho rangabáil ḟrecnairc intain ara·mberar cesad essi.
  Deponent [verbs] lack a present participle in the passive voice. [...] And common verbs lack a past participle when action [i.e. the active voice] is expressed by it, and [lack] a present participle when the passive voice is expressed by it.

Conjugation

The present stem class is disputed; see the etymology for details.

Complex, class A I and A III present, f future, a subjunctive
		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	singular	plural
present indicative	deut.			sechmi·ella; sechmo·ella
present indicative	prot.			·sechmalla

imperfect indicative	deut.
imperfect indicative	prot.

preterite	deut.
preterite	prot.

perfect	deut.
perfect	prot.

future	deut.
future	prot.				·sechmalfam			·sechmalfaider

conditional	deut.
conditional	prot.

present subjunctive	deut.
present subjunctive	prot.

past subjunctive	deut.
past subjunctive	prot.			·sechmallad

imperative

verbal noun		sechmall
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of *sechmo·ella*
radical	lenition	nasalization
sechmo·ella (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	sechmo·ella	sechmo·n-ella

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

References

^ Le Mair, Esther (30 September 2011) Secondary Verbs in Old Irish: A comparative-historical study of patterns of verbal derivation in the Old Irish Glosses, Galway: National University of Ireland, pages 259-260