sluindid

Old Irish

Etymology

Disputed. There are two main theories.

• The majority opinion derives the verb from Proto-Celtic *sɸlondīti, itself said to be from Proto-Indo-European *spln̥d-eh₁- (“to be manifest”). The verb is often connected with Latin splendeō (“to shine”).
• Another theory listed derives the verb from Proto-Celtic *stlondīti, connecting it with Middle Welsh cystlwn (“kindred”), Old Welsh istlinnit (“speaks out”), and Middle Breton stlen (“declared”) instead. This etymology has no known cognates outside of Celtic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsl͈un͈ʲdʲəðʲ/, [ˈsl͈un͈ʲdʲiðʲ]

Verb

sluindid (conjunct ·sluindi, verbal noun slond or slondad)

1. to signify
2. to mention
3. to tell, to state, to declare

Inflection

Simple, class W2b 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.			sluindid
	conj.			·sluindi
	rel.			sluindes; sloindes			sluindite, sluinditae; sluinde, sluindte		sloinnter
imperfect indicative
preterite	abs.			sluindsius (with suffixed pronoun -us)
	conj.
	rel.
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	abs.				sluindfemmi
	conj.				·sluinfem
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.
	conj.						·sloindet
	rel.
past subjunctive
imperative			sluind
verbal noun		slond, slondad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• do·sluindi

Descendants

• Irish: sloinn

Mutation

Mutation of sluindid

radical	lenition	nasalization
sluindid	ṡluindid	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), “sluindid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language