teinnid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tendeti, from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to cut”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τένδω (téndō, “to gnaw”).[1]

Verb

teinnid (verbal noun teinm)

  1. to cut, burst

Inflection

Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. tennait
conj.
rel. teinnes
imperfect indicative
preterite abs. tethnai (with suffixed pronoun -i) tethnatar
conj.
rel.
perfect deut. ro·tethaind
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun teinm
past participle
verbal of necessity

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tend-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 378

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