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dofet

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /doˈɸʲeðʲ/, [doˈɸʲeðʲ]

Etymology 1

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From to- +‎ feidid (to lead).

Verb

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do·feid (verbal noun tuíden)

  1. to go before, to take precedence
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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From dí- (of, from) +‎ feidid (to lead).

Verb

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do·feid (verbal noun díden)

  1. to lead, to bring
  2. to bring about, to cause
Inflection
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References

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Further reading

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  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dofet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) “Urkelt. *u̯ed-e/o- ‘(zusammen)führen, fließen’”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 656f.
  • Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) “fed- ‘lead, bring’”, in Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, 3.1.41., page 198