molaidir

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *molātor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoliðʲirʲ/

Verb

molaidir (conjunct ·molathar, verbal noun molad)

  1. to praise
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14c18:
      hóre nondob·molor-sa et nom·moídim indibbecause I praise you and boast of you

Conjugation

* Active (rather than deponent) form

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: molaid
    • Irish: mol
    • Scottish Gaelic: mol

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
molaidir
also mmolaidir after a proclitic
molaidir
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
molaidir
also mmolaidir after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • molaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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