sechmoella

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• sechmi·ella

Etymology

Prefixed with sech (“past, beyond”), this verb has a disputed root. Griffith & Stifter believe it is a class A III derivative of *layeti while Le Mair groups it under the derivatives of the A I verbal root ·ella from *ɸalnati instead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲexmoˈhel͈a]

Verb

sechmo·ella (prototonic ·sechmalla, verbal noun sechmall)

1. to pass by
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14^d3

     cid écen aisndís do neuch as doruid co léir, ní sechmalfaider cuimre and dano

     though it is necessary to explain carefully anything that is difficult, however brevity will not be passed by

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25^a3

     Ní·sechmalfam-ní and cen tadal.

     We will not pass by there without touching on it.

2. to neglect, pass over, omit, lack
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14^d3

     .i. cid ecen áisndís do neuch as doruid co leir, ni·sechmalfaider cuimre and dano.

     Although an explanation for anything difficult, in a careful manner, is necessary, brevity shall not be neglected therein.

   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 196^b2

     Hó ranngabáil frecndairc hi cesad sechmo·ella diuscartach. [...] Et sechmo·ella coitchen hó rangabáil ṡech[madachti] intan ara·mberar gnim eissi ⁊ ho rangabáil ḟrecnairc intain ara·mberar cesad essi.

     Deponent [verbs] lack a present participle in the passive voice. [...] And common verbs lack a past participle when action [i.e. the active voice] is expressed by it, and [lack] a present participle when the passive voice is expressed by it.

Conjugation

The present stem class is disputed; see the etymology for details.

Complex, class A I and A III present, f future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.			sechmi·ella; sechmo·ella
	Prot.			·sechmalla
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.
	Prot.
Future	Deut.
	Prot.				·sechmalfam			·sechmalfaider
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.			·sechmallad
Imperative
Verbal noun		sechmall
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of sechmoella

radical	lenition	nasalization
sechmo·ella (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	sechmo·n-ella

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), “sechmi-ella, sechmo-ella”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language