fristét

Old Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“towards, against”) +‎ téit (“to go”). In the glosses at least, it seems to serve as a calque of Latin obeō (“to go towards”).

Verb

fris·tét (verbal noun fritecht)

  1. to go towards
  2. to meet an obligation

Conjugation

Complex, class B I present, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. fris·téit fritum·thíagar (with infixed pronoun tum-)
prot.
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot.
past subjunctive deut. fris·téissin (switched to fris·taíssin by the glossator)
prot.
imperative
verbal noun fritecht
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of fris·tét
radical lenition nasalization
fris·tét fris·tét fris·tét
pronounced with /dʲ-/

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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