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adcosnai
adcosnai
Old Irish
Verb
ad·cosnai (prototonic ·ascnai, verbal noun ascnam)
Conjugation
Complex, A III present, s-preterite, ā-subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Deut. | ad·cosnat | |||||||
| Prot. | ·ascnai | ·ascnam | |||||||
| Imperfect | Deut. | ad·cosnainn | ad·cosnaitis | ad·cosantae | |||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Preterite | Deut. | ad·chosain | |||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ad·ruchoisséni | |||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | ad·cosnae | ad·cosna | ||||||
| Prot. | ·ascnae | ||||||||
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ad·cosnainn | ad·cosnaitis | ad·cosantae | |||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Imperative | ascnam | ||||||||
| Verbal noun | ascnam | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
| Note: only forms actually attested in Old Irish are listed here. | |||||||||
Derived terms
- at·cosnaitis
Related terms
- ar·cosnai
- imm·cosnai
Descendants
- Irish: ascain (“to proceed towards”)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ad·cosnai | ad·chosnai | ad·cosnai pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “ad·cosnai” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.