rolaimethar

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lamyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lem-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [roˈl͈aβ̃ʲeθar]

Verb

ro·laimethar (prototonic ·laimethar, verbal noun léitiu)

1. to dare, to venture

Inflection

Complex, class B II present, á preterite, a subjunctive, deponent

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	ro·laumur, ru·laimur, ro·lomur		ro·laimethar	ro·laimemmar	*ro·laimid
	Prot.	·lomur		·laimethar	·laimemmar			·lamar
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.			ro·lámair				ro·let
	Prot.			·lámair
Perfect	Deut.
	Prot.
Future	Deut.
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.	ro·llámar
	Prot.
Past subjunctive	Deut.				ro·lammis
	Prot.
Imperative							laimetar
Verbal noun		léitiu
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: lamaid
  • Irish: leomh

Mutation

Mutation of rolaimethar

radical	lenition	nasalization
ro·laimethar also ro·llaimethar	ro·laimethar pronounced with /-l(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), “lamaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language