adágathar

Old Irish

FWOTD – 13 May 2017

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- + Proto-Celtic *āgetor, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂ógʰe (to be upset, afraid), from *h₂egʰ-.

Compare Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (agis), 𐍉𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ōgan); Old English eġe; Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, pain, grief), ἄχνυμαι (ákhnumai, I grieve).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aðˈaːɣaθar/, /aðˈaːɣaðar/

Verb

ad·ágathar (prototonic ·ágathar, verbal noun áigthiu or áigsiu)

  1. to fear, to dread, to stand in awe of
    For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:adágathar.

Conjugation

  • ágasta, áigesta (to be feared, fearful, dreadful)
  • áigsech, áigthech (terrifying, dreadful)

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • ad·ágathar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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