adella

Old Irish

Etymology

ad- + Proto-Celtic *ɸalnati, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aðˈel͈a/

Verb

ad·ella (prototonic ·aidle, verbal noun adall)

  1. to visit
  2. to pass to

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:adella.

Usage notes

In the sense ‘visit’, this verb is sometimes complemented by the preposition la (“with”) plus a pronoun referring back to the subject, with no discernible change in meaning, e.g. atdub·elliub lemm (“I will visit you”, literally “I will visit you with me”).

Inflection
Complex, class A I 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 Deut. ad·ella
ata·ella (with infixed pronoun da-)		 ad·ellat
Prot. ·aidle
Imperfect indicative Deut. ad·ellad
Prot. ·aidled
Preterite Deut. ad·ell
Prot.
Perfect Deut. ad·rell ad·ralsat
Prot. ·aidled
Future Deut. ad·elliub, ad·eilliub
atdub·elliub (with infixed pronoun dub-)
Prot. ·adliub ·aidlibe, ·aidliba, ·aidléba
Conditional Deut.
Prot. ·aidlébthai
Present subjunctive Deut. ad·rella (ro-form) ad·ella
Prot.
Past subjunctive Deut. ro·adelta (ro-form)
Prot. ·adelta
Imperative
Verbal noun adall
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: aidlid

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ad·ella unchanged ad·n-ella
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “ad·ella” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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