asgleinn

Old Irish

Etymology

From ess- + fossilized verb ·gleinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈɡʲl͈ʲen͈ʲ/

Verb

as·gleinn (prototonic ·eclainn, verbal noun eclaimm)

1. to investigate, examine, study

Inflection

Complex, class B I present, s subjunctive

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	deut.	ad·gliunn		as·gleinn, at·gleinn			in·glennat
	prot.		·eclainni
imperfect indicative	deut.	as·gleinn					at·glentis
	prot.
preterite	deut.			at·gaill
	prot.			·ecail
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.		in·gléis
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		eclaimm
past participle
verbal of necessity		ecailsi

Mutation

Mutation of asgleinn

radical	lenition	nasalization
as·gleinn	as·gleinn pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/	as·ngleinn

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), “as-gleinn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language