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arachrin
arachrin
Old Irish
Verb
ara·chrin (verbal noun irchre or erchrae)
- to perish
- to wear out (deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain), to decay
- to fail (be wanting; fall short)
Conjugation
Complex, class B V present, reduplicated preterite, reduplicated a future, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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| Present | Deut. | ara·chrinim | ara·chrin arind·chrin (relative) |
ara·chrinat arin·chrinat (relative) |
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| Imperfect | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Preterite | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | ara·ruichiuir | |||||||
| Prot. | ·arrchiuir | ·arrceoratar | |||||||
| Future | Deut. | ara·chiurat | |||||||
| Prot. | ·airchiurai | ||||||||
| Conditional | Deut. | ara·chiurad | |||||||
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| Present subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | ·archriat | ||||||||
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | arind·rochrietis (relative ro-form) | |||||||
| Prot. | ·archriad | ||||||||
| Imperative | |||||||||
| Verbal noun | irchre, erchrae | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
| Note: only forms actually attested in Old Irish are listed here. | |||||||||
Synonyms
Descendants
- Middle Irish: airchranaid, airchraid, airchradaid
References
- “arachrin” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.