dotét

See also: dotet

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish do·tét. By surface analysis, to- +‎ téit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈtʲeːd/

Verb

do·tét (verbal noun tuidecht, prototonic ·táet)

1. (intransitive) to come (move from further away to nearer to)

   Synonym: do·icc

   • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, line 3:

     Do·eth ó Ailill ocus ó Meidbh do chungid in chon.

     People came from Ailill and from Medb to ask for the hound. (literally, One came…)

Conjugation

• Passive singular preterite deuterotonic: do·eth

Descendants

• Irish: téid, théid

Mutation

Mutation of dotét

radical	lenition	nasalization
do·tét	do·thét	do·tét pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle 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), “do·tét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ téit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doˈtʲeːd]

Verb

do·tét (prototonic ·táet, verbal noun tuidecht)

1. (intransitive) to come (move from further away to nearer to)

   Synonym: do·icc

   • 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. 53^c11

     in tan as·mbeir, “Taít, á maccu”

     when he says, “Come, children”

2. to occur
   • 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. 159^a3

     Is airi ní táet comsuidigud fri rangabáil, húare as coibnesta do bréthir: ar is lour comsuidigud fri suidi, air bid comsuidigud etarscartha comsuidigud rangabálae.

     This is why composition does not occur with a participle, because it is akin to a verb: for composition with the latter is sufficient, for composition of a participle will be separated composition.

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:dotét.

Conjugation

Complex, class B I present, suffixless preterite, a future, s subjunctive, s perfect

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.		do·téig	do·tét			do·tíagat	do·tíagar	do·tíagtar
	Prot.			·táet, ·taít			·táegat
Imperfect indicative	Deut.			do·téiged			do·téigtis
	Prot.						·taígtis
Preterite	Deut.	do·lud	do·lod	do·luid	do·lodmar		do·lotar	do·eth
	Prot.			·tulaid			·tuldatar
Perfect	Deut.	do·dechud	do·dechad	do·dechuid			do·dechutar	do·dechas
	Prot.	·tuidched	·tuidched	·tuidchid, ·tudchaid			·tuidchetar	·tuidches
Future	Deut.	do·reg		do·rega, do·riga	do·regam	do·regaid	do·regat, do·rigat
	Prot.			·terga, ·tirga	·tergam	·tergaid
Conditional	Deut.			do·regad			do·regtis
	Prot.	·tergainn
Present subjunctive	Deut.	do·tías	do·téis; do·dichis (perfective)	do·té; do·decha (perfective)			do·dechsat (perfective)	do·tíasar
	Prot.		·tuidchis (perfective)	·taí; ·tudaich (perfective)		·taísid	·táesat; ·tuidchisset (perfective)
Past subjunctive	Deut.			do·dichsed (perfective)			do·dichsitis (perfective)
	Prot.			·taísed; ·tuidchissed (perfective)	·tuidchesmis (perfective)
Imperative			tair	táet		taít
Verbal noun		tuidecht
Past participle
Verbal of necessity		tuidechta

Derived terms

• do·tét for

Descendants

• Middle Irish: do·tét
  • Irish: téid, théid

Mutation

Mutation of dotét

radical	lenition	nasalization
do·tét	do·thét	do·tét pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/

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), “do·tét”, 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, § 840.12, pages 645–47