arcondla

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ar·connla

Etymology

From ar- +‎ com- +‎ dáilid (“to portion out”). The -ndl- cluster underwent depalatalization, which triggered a change of present-tense conjugation classes from A II to A I.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [arˈkon͈dla]

Verb

ar·condla (prototonic ·erchondla, verbal noun erndail)

1. to share
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 208^b5

     In tain im[murgu] as·ṁbir-siu ego ipse nó egomet, is sain-gnuis duit-so th'óinur hi suidiu ind epert ⁊ ní erchondla nach persan aile frit.

     When, however, you say ego ipse or egomet, the saying is a special form to you alone in this, and no other person shares it with you.

2. to partake

Inflection

Complex, class A I present

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	deut.			ar·connla
	prot.			·erchondla
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		ernail, erndail
past participle
verbal of necessity

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ar-condla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language