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aráili

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See also: araili

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From ar- +‎ áilid (to request, deserve).

Verb

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ar·áili (prototonic ·éráli, verbal noun eráil or iráil)

  1. to prompt, cause, bring about
    Synonyms: do·áirci, fo·fera, im·folngai
    • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 293:
      For fír th'ainich & t'anma[e], a Fróeich, asndíth cía cruth ar·rálad a tabairt ass.
      On the truth of your honour and your soul, Fróech, tell [us] how the retrieval of [the ring] out of [the dark pool] was brought about.
    • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 66, pages 115-179:
      "Nicom·bia bríg isindi-sin. Demmun arid·ralistar-sin", olse-siom, "dot breith-siu úanna & dot fastad eiter tuaid & dot breith a teg pendi corop imdergad deit fía cách."
      "That shall not matter. [It was] the Devil who contrived it," [Findio] said, "to carry you off from us, and set you among the laity, and bring you into a penitentiary, that you may be publicly put to shame."

Inflection

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Mutation

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Mutation of aráili
radical lenition nasalization
ar·áili
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged ar·n-áili

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

Further reading

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