doeclainn

Old Irish

Etymology

to- +‎ ess- +‎ ·gleinn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈe.ɡlən͈ʲ/

Verb

do·eclainn (verbal noun teclaim or teclimm)

1. to select, choose

Inflection

Complex, class B I present

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	deut.						do·eclannat	do·eclannar
	prot.							·teclannar
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.							do·erglas
	prot.			·terglainn				·terglas
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun		teclaim; teclimm
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of doeclainn

radical	lenition	nasalization
do·eclainn (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	do·n-eclainn

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), “do-eclainn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language