adroilli

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• as·roilli

Etymology

ad- +‎ ro- + Proto-Celtic *sliyeti (“to earn”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aðˈr͈ol͈ʲi]

Verb

ad·roilli (prototonic ·áirilli, verbal noun áirilliud)

1. to deserve
   • 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. 77^a15

     Is dúnn imchumurc fil isin chanóin fris·gair lessóm a n‑imchomarc n-ísiu .i. ne occideris .i. in ⸉n‑í⸊írr-siu .i. non. .i. nís·n‑ulemairbfe ci asid·roilliset.

     It is to the interrogation that is in the Scripture text that this interrogation answers with him, i.e. ne occideris i.e. will you sg slay i.e. non i.e. you will not kill them all although they have deserved it.

   • 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. 84^c13

     .i. is moltaidiu de tri tabairt fortachtan cid du neuch nachid·áirilli

     i.e. it is the more praiseworthy through giving help even to one who does not deserve it.

Conjugation

Complex, class A II present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	ad·roilliu	as·roilli	ad·roilli; as·roilli			as·roillet
	Prot.		·airilli	·áirilli			airillet
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.			as·roilli	asind·roillissem (with infixed pronoun ind-)		ad·roilliset; asid·roilliset (with infixed pronoun id-)	as·roilled
	Prot.				·arilsem	·arilsid	·arilset, ·arillset; ·áirilset, ·áirillset
Future	Deut.		as·rollfe				adid·roillifet (with infixed pronoun id-)
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.			as·roillea	as·roillem		at·roillet
	Prot.		·airle			·airillid	·arillet, ·airillet
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Imperative
Verbal noun		áirilliud
Past participle		airilte, airillte
Verbal of necessity		airillti

Related terms

• do·slí

Descendants

• ⇒ Middle Irish: atroillid, áiriltnigid

Mutation

Mutation of adroilli

radical	lenition	nasalization
ad·roilli also ad·rroilli	ad·roilli pronounced with /-r(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-roilli”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language