adcosnai

Old Irish

Etymology

From ad- +‎ com- +‎ sníid (“to contend, struggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aðˈkosn͈i/

Verb

ad·cosnai (prototonic ·ascnai, verbal noun ascnam)

1. to strive after
2. to proceed

For quotations using this term, see Citations:adcosnai.

Conjugation

Complex, class A III present, s preterite, a subjunctive

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	deut.						ad·cosnat
	prot.			·ascnai	·ascnam
imperfect indicative	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

Derived terms

• at·cosnaitis

Related terms

• ar·cosnai
• imm·cosnai

Descendants

• Irish: ascain (“to proceed towards”)

Mutation

Mutation of adcosnai

radical	lenition	nasalization
ad·cosnai	ad·chosnai	ad·cosnai pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad·cosnai”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 634