pridchaid

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicō. The verbal noun is suppletive, coming from Latin praeceptum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲrʲiðxɨðʲ]

Verb

pridchaid (verbal noun precept)

1. to preach

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pridchaid.

Conjugation

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

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	abs.			pridchaid			pridchit
	conj.	·pridchim
	rel.			pridchas, praidchas; pridches			pridchite; prechite
imperfect indicative
preterite	abs.
	conj.	·pridchus		·proidech; ·prithach	·pridchissem			·pridchad; ·priched; ·pricad
	rel.
perfect	deut.	ro·pridchus		ro·proidech; ro·prithach	ro·pridchissem				ro·pridchad; ro·priched; ro·pricad
	prot.			·rupridach
future	abs.			pridchibid
	conj.						·pridchabat
	rel.			prithchibes
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.	pridcha						pridchidir
	conj.	·pridach; ·pridag
	rel.				pridchimme
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun		precept
past participle
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of pridchaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
pridchaid	phridchaid or unchanged	pridchaid pronounced with /b(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), “pridchaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language