doseinn
Old Irish
Etymology
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Verb
do·seinn
- to pursue, to hunt
- Broccán's Hymn, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, p. 342
- As·rir in sinnach n-allaid do ráith a aithig in trúaig: dochum feda con·selai cé do·sefnatar int slúaig.
- She gave the wild fox to her vassal, the wretched one; it went to the woods, although the host chased after it.
- c. 775, Táin Bó Fraích from the Book of Leinster, published in Táin bó Fraích (1974, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited by Wolfgang Meid, line 53
- Do·sennat na secht n-aige do Ráith Chrúachan, ⁊ secht sinnchu ⁊ secht míla maige ⁊ secht turcu alta, conda·rubatar ind óic issind aurlaind in dúine.
- [The hounds] chase the seven deer to Ráith Chrúachan, in addition to seven foxes, seven hares, and seven wild boars, until the youths struck down [the hunted animals] in the lawn of the fort.
- Broccán's Hymn, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, p. 342
Inflection
Complex, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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| Present indicative | Deut. | do·seinn | dum·sennat (with infixed pronoun m-) | do·sennar | do·sennaiter | ||||
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| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | du·senned | du·sente | ||||||
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| Preterite | Deut. | dunda·sepfainn (with infixed pronoun da-); do·sephainn | do·sefnatar | ||||||
| Prot. | ·tafnetar | ·tosessa | |||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | dot·roiphnetar (with infixed pronoun t-) | |||||||
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| Future | Deut. | do·sifius | dos·sib (with infixed pronoun s-) | ||||||
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| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Present subjunctive | Deut. | du·sésa | do·séset | ||||||
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| Past subjunctive | Deut. | du·sésainn | dot·séstae (with infixed pronoun t-) | ||||||
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| Imperative | ·toibhned | ||||||||
| Verbal noun | tofond | ||||||||
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References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doseinn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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