molaidir

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• molid

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *molātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmolɨðʲirʲ]

Verb

molaidir (conjunct ·molathar, verbal noun molad)

1. to praise

For quotations using this term, see Citations:molaidir.

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive, deponent

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	abs.			molid (active form)				molthair
	conj.	·molur, ·molor; nondob·molor (prefixed with no-ndob-)		·molathar, ·moladar	·molammar
	rel.				molmae (active form)
imperfect indicative
preterite	abs.
	conj.			·molastar
	rel.
perfect	deut.			ro·mmolastar
	prot.
future	abs.						molfait (active form)
	conj.	·molfar
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.						molait (active form)
	conj.			·moladar			·molatar
	rel.
past subjunctive
imperative			molthae
verbal noun		molad
past participle
verbal of necessity		moltai

Descendants

• Middle Irish: molaid
  • Irish: mol
  • Scottish Gaelic: mol
  • Manx: moylley

Mutation

Mutation of molaidir

radical	lenition	nasalization
molaidir also mmolaidir after a proclitic ending in a vowel	molaidir pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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