congní

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ɔ·gní (abbreviation)

Etymology

From com- +‎ gníid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈɡʲnʲiː/

Verb

con·gní (verbal noun cungnum or conggnam)

1. to help, to assist

   Synonyms: fo·reith, for·tét, cobraithir

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14^c42

     .i. con·gniam fribsi oc táircud raith spirito dúib, coni[d] hed fod·era fáilti dúibsi et dúnni.

     We work with you in preparing spiritual grace for you, so that this causes joy unto you and us.

   • 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. 114^b18

     .i. nad·fil nech con·gne fris ón acht Día.

     i.e. there is nobody to help him but God.

Inflection

Complex, class A III present, é future, e subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.			ɔ·gní	con·gníam
	Prot.
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.
	Prot.
Future	Deut.			con·géna
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.		con·gné, cun·gné	con·gné, cun·gné; con·acna (ad-form)
	Prot.
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Imperative
Verbal noun		cungnum, conggnam
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·gní”, 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 541