contúaisi

Old Irish

Etymology

It is generally acknowledged that this verb is equivalent to com- +‎ tóe (“silent”) suffixed with an unknown element that resulted in Old Irish -ss- /s/. It cannot be directly from a Proto-Celtic *tausyeti since the root-final s would have disappeared in such a formation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtua̯.sʲi/

Verb

con·túaisi (verbal noun coitsecht)

1. to hear, listen
2. to be silent

Inflection

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.			con·túaisi			con·tóiset
	Prot.						·coiset
Imperfect indicative	Deut.			con·túaised
	Prot.		·coistithe
Preterite	Deut.						con·túaisiset
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.
	Prot.
Future	Deut.
	Prot.						·coistifet
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.			con·túaisi
	Prot.			·coitsea		·coitsid
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Imperative			caisted			caistid
Verbal noun		coitsecht
Past participle
Verbal of necessity		caistide

Related terms

• ar·túaissi
• in·túaisi

 

Descendants

All modern descendants of this verb suffered from conflation with ro·cluinethar (“to hear”) and its verbal noun clúas.

• Middle Irish: coistid
  • Irish: clois
  • Manx: clasht
  • Scottish Gaelic: claist

Mutation

Mutation of contúaisi

radical	lenition	nasalization
con·túaisi	con·thúaisi	con·túaisi pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/

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), “contúaisi”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language