sernaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *starnāti, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- via the nasal infix formation *str̥néh₃ti.

Verb

sernaid (verbal noun sreth)

1. to arrange, to order, to dispose

Inflection

Simple, class B IV present, a subjunctive

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	abs.						sernait	sernair	serntair
	conj.						·sernat	·sernar
	rel.							sernar
imperfect indicative				·sernad
preterite	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
perfect	deut.							ro·sreth	ro·sretha
	prot.
future	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.
	conj.			·sera
	rel.
past subjunctive								·sernte
imperative			sérnn
verbal noun		sreth
past participle		srithiu (dative singular)
verbal of necessity		srethi

Descendants

• Irish: searn

Further reading

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