armidethar

Old Irish

Etymology

From air- +‎ midithir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɾˈmʲi.ðʲə.θəɾ/
- (Blasse) [aɾˈmʲi.ðʲe.θaɾ]
- (Griffith) [aɾˈmʲi.ðʲə.θəɾ]

Verb

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

to aim at, to target
to hit, to strike (a target)

Inflection

Complex, class B II present, s subjunctive
		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	singular	plural
present indicative	deut.
present indicative	prot.			·irmadadar

imperfect indicative	deut.
imperfect indicative	prot.

preterite	deut.
preterite	prot.						·irmadatar, ·armadtar

perfect	deut.
perfect	prot.			·érrmadair

future	deut.
future	prot.

conditional	deut.
conditional	prot.

present subjunctive	deut.
present subjunctive	prot.					·irmissid

past subjunctive	deut.
past subjunctive	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 *ar·midethar*
radical	lenition	nasalization
ar·midethar	ar·midethar pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/	ar·midethar

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