resíu

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• risíu

Etymology

From ré (“before”) +‎ síu (“this”), the latter being a dative singular neuter of so (“this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r͈ʲeˈsʲiːu̯]

Conjunction

resíu

1. before

   Antonyms: ó, iarsindí

For quotations using this term, see Citations:resíu.

Usage notes

The verb following resíu generally is in the independent augmented present or past subjunctive, which for most verbs contain ro-. The main exception is when the verb defectively cannot be augmented, in that case the unaugmented subjunctive appears instead.

• resíu ro·mestar ruiri

  before the ruiri judges (note ro·mestar, ro-augmented subjunctive of midithir)

• resíu do·ndichsitis asin doíri

  before they had come out of captivity (note do·dichsitis, suppletive augmented past subjunctive of do·tét)

• resíu tised hiress

  before the Faith had come (note unaugmented past subjunctive tised of do·icc, since do·icc is not augmentable)

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “resíu, riasíu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language