feidid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wedeti, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲeðʲəðʲ/, [ˈɸʲeðʲiðʲ]

Verb

feidid (conjunct ·feid, verbal noun fedan)

1. to lead, to bring

Inflection

Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	abs.			fedid				fedir
	conj.			·feid			·fedat	·fedar	·fedar
	rel.				fedme			fedar
imperfect indicative							·feidtis
preterite	abs.
	conj.			·fiad			·fidedar
	rel.
perfect	deut.
	prot.			·ruid
future	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.
	conj.			·fé
	rel.
past subjunctive				·fessed
imperative			feid
verbal noun		fedan
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• ad·feid
• ar·coat
• ar·fet
• con·feid
• do·cuat
• do·díat
• do·díchet
• do·fet
• for·feid
• imm·feid

Mutation

Mutation of feidid

radical	lenition	nasalization
feidid	ḟeidid	feidid pronounced with /β(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), “feidid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language