asluí

Old Irish

Alternative forms

as·loí

Etymology

From ess- + Proto-Celtic *luweti. In modern times, it is generally believed that a simple verb counterpart did not exist in Old Irish,^[1] going against Pedersen, who connects as·luí with luïthir (“to move”), an attested simplex verb.^[2]

Verb

as·luí (prototonic ·élai, verbal noun élud)

to escape

Inflection

Complex, class A III present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	3rd pl
present indicative	deut.			as·luí, as·loi		as·luat
present indicative	prot.			·élai		·élat

imperfect indicative	deut.	ad·luinn		as·luad
imperfect indicative	prot.

preterite	deut.			at·lúi		as·luiset
preterite	prot.

perfect	deut.	as·ruluús	at·rulais	as·rola, at·rullai
perfect	prot.	·erlós		·érlai

future	deut.					as·luífet
future	prot.

conditional	deut.
conditional	prot.

present subjunctive	deut.					as·loat
present subjunctive	prot.			ro·héla, ·érla (ro-forms)	·élammar; ·érlam (ro-form)	·élat

past subjunctive	deut.	as·lóinse (with emphatic suffix -se)
past subjunctive	prot.					·élaitis

imperative

verbal noun		élud
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

Middle Irish: élaid
- Irish: éalaigh
- Scottish Gaelic: èalaidh

Mutation

Mutation of *asluí*
radical	lenition	nasalization
as·luí also as·lluí	as·luí pronounced with /-l(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*luw-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 250
^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 769.2, page 571