tongaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tungeti, of complicated etymology.[1] Cognate with Welsh tyngu.

There is no etymological relation between tongaid and as·toing (“to refuse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪oŋ.ɡəðʲ/
    • (Blasse) [ˈt̪oŋ.ɡɪðʲ]
    • (Griffith) [ˈt̪oŋ.ɡɨðʲ]

Verb

tongaid (conjunct ·toing, verbal noun lugae or luige)

  1. to swear (an oath) [with tar ‘by’]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tongaid.

Conjugation

Simple, class B III present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. tongu tongmai
conj. ·toing ·tongat
rel. toingte
imperfect indicative ·tongad
preterite abs.
conj. ·tochta
rel.
perfect deut. do·cuitig, du·cuitig to·cuitchetar
prot.
future abs. tithis tithis tithsat titsaither tithsitir
conj. ·tithis
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj. ·tóis ·tó ·tósat
rel. tósar
past subjunctive ·tóissed; ·tochtaised (augmented)
imperative toinged
verbal noun luge, luige; lugae
past participle tochta
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

  • ar·toing
  • do·toing
  • for·toing
  • fris·toing
  • imm·toing

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “tong-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 383

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