armidethar

Old Irish

Etymology

ar- +‎ midithir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [arˈmʲiðʲeθar]

Verb

ar·midethar (prototonic ·irmadadar, verbal noun ermaissiu, urmaisi)

1. to aim at, to _target
2. to hit, to strike (a _target)

Inflection

Complex, class B II present, s subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.
	Prot.			·irmadadar
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.
	Prot.						·irmadatar, ·armadtar
Perfect	Deut.
	Prot.			·érrmadair
Future	Deut.
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.					·irmissid
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.							·irmastá
Imperative		irmith
Verbal noun		ermaissiu, urmaisi
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

• ⇒ Middle Irish: urmaisid (via the verbal noun)
  • Irish: urmhais

Mutation

Mutation of armidethar

radical	lenition	nasalization
ar·midethar also ar·mmidethar	ar·midethar pronounced with /-β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ar·midethar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 578