Old Irish

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Etymology

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From ad- +‎ claidid (to dig).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ad·claid (prototonic ·aclaid, verbal noun acclaid)

  1. to hunt, fish
    • 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. 112b2:
      an ad·cladat glosses aucupantes
      those who hunt
    • c. 810, Florence Glosses on Philargyrus, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 48, l. 6 (repeated on p. 362, last line):
      ad·cichlus glosses venabor
      I shall hunt
  2. (law) to inculpate, make liable

Conjugation

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Complex, class B I present, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. ad·cladat
prot. ·aclaid ·accladat
imperfect indicative deut.
prot. ·aclaidead
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut. ad·cichlus
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut. ad·cláis
prot. ·aclais
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun acclaid; accail
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

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  • Irish: achladh (act of fishing)
  • Scottish Gaelic: achladh (act of fishing), achlaid (chase, pursuit)

Mutation

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Mutation of ad·claid
radical lenition nasalization
ad·claid ad·chlaid ad·claid
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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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