conói
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From com- prefixed onto a fossilized conjunct form from Proto-Celtic *awyeti.
The verbal noun comét and the deponent preterite forms are suppleted from a form of Proto-Celtic *emeti also prefixed with com-. Compare do·eim of similar meaning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈoi̯/
Verb
con·ói (prototonic ·comai, verbal noun comét)
- to protect, guard
- to preserve, keep
- c. 815–840, published in "The Monastery of Tallaght", in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1911-1912, Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Edward J. Gwynn and Walter J. Purton, vol. 29, pp. 115–179, paragraph 6,
- ...céne con·n-oither mo thimnasa insin purt-sa. Nícon·ibthar lind dermait dé and.
- ...as long as my rules are upheld in this place, alcoholic beverages that lead to us forgetting about God are not to be drunk.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29d29
- is Día cota·óei-ade tre a gnímo-som
- It is God who preserves [the heavenly reward] through his deeds.
- c. 815–840, published in "The Monastery of Tallaght", in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1911-1912, Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Edward J. Gwynn and Walter J. Purton, vol. 29, pp. 115–179, paragraph 6,
Conjugation
Complex, class A III present, t preterite, f future, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Deut. | con·ói, con·oadar; cota·roí (ro-form with infixed pronoun -ta) | cot·dóith (with infixed pronoun d-) | cot·oat (with infixed pronoun d-) | con·n-oither | ||||
| Prot. | ·comai, ·comathar | ||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Preterite | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | con·róiter | con·roitatar | ||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Deut. | cot·nófathar (with infixed pronoun d-) | |||||||
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| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | con·óither | cotam·róither (ro-form with infixed pronoun tam-) | ||||||
| Prot. | ·coma, ·comathar | ||||||||
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | ·comud | ||||||||
| Imperative | comae | comid | |||||||
| Verbal noun | comét | ||||||||
| Past participle | |||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Derived terms
- for·comai
Related terms
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “conói”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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