infét

Old Irish

Etymology

From a mixture of in- and ind- +‎ Proto-Celtic *weideti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [inˈɸʲeːd]

Verb

in·fét

1. to tell

Inflection

Complex, 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	deut.			in·fét
	prot.	·ecguth (com- form)
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.			in·cuaid
	prot.
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.			in·fé
	prot.
past subjunctive	deut.				in·fesmais
	prot.
imperative		indiad
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• ⇒ Middle Irish: indisid
  • Irish: inis
  • Manx: insh
  • Scottish Gaelic: innis

Mutation

Mutation of infét

radical	lenition	nasalization
in·fét	in·ḟét	in·fét 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), “ind-fét, in-fét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language