admidethar

Old Irish

Etymology

ad- +‎ midithir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aðˈmʲiðʲeθar/

Verb

ad·midethar (prototonic ·aimdethar, verbal noun ammus)

1. to try, to attempt
   • c. 825, The Tract on the Mass in the Stowe Missal, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, page 253, § 10

     In mesad mesas in sacart in cailech ⁊ in obli ⁊ int ammus ad·midethar a combach figor nan aithisse ⁊ nan esorcon ⁊ inna aurgabale insen

     The examination [with which] the priest examines the chalice and the host, and the effort which he attempts to break it, that is a figure of the insults and of the buffets and of the seizure [of Christ].

   • c. 850, Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 20, BCr. 33^a7

     aimmded glosses innitatur

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56^a23

     na aimdetar

     let them not attempt

Conjugation

Complex, class B II present, s future, s subjunctive, deponent

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	ad·midiur; ata·midiur (with infixed pronoun da-)		ad·midethar
	Prot.
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.			ad·midir, ad·midair
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.		ad·ruimiduir	ad·romadair				ad·romas, ad·rodmas
	Prot.
Future	Deut.			ad·miastar; atot·miastar (with infixed pronoun dot-)
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.			ad·mestar
	Prot.
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Imperative				aimmded			aimdetar
Verbal noun		ammus
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of admidethar

radical	lenition	nasalization
ad·midethar also ad·mmidethar	ad·midethar pronounced with /-β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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·midethar”, 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 578