doéirig

Old Irish

FWOTD – 5 November 2024

Etymology

From dí- (from) +‎ at·reig (to rise) (without the infixed pronoun). Although this verb did not survive as such into modern Irish, the modern language does use the same component parts in the expression éirigh de (literally to rise from) to mean abandon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈheːrʲiɣʲ]

Verb

do·éirig (prototonic ·dérig, verbal noun déirge)

  1. to abandon, forsake

Conjugation

Complex, class B I present, t preterite, unreduplicated s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. du·ǽrget du·ǽragar
prot. ·dérig ·dérgemar
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. du·réracht do·rérachtid, do·rréractid
prot. ·deraérachtatar
future deut. du·ǽrus
prot. ·dér ·dérsid, ·déirsid
conditional deut. du·ǽrsinn
prot. ·déirsed
present subjunctive deut.
prot.
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative
verbal noun déirge, dǽrge
past participle dérachtae
verbal of necessity dérachtai

Note: the future and the present subjunctive have the same form, as do the conditional and the past subjunctive. The forms are listed here as being future/conditional, but in context they could also be present/past subjunctive.

Quotations

  • 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. 18c6
    Is machthad limm a threte do·rérachtid máam fírinne et soscéli; .i. i⟨s⟩ súaignid nírubtar gaítha for comairli. Is dían do·rréractid maám ind ṡoscéli.
    I marvel how quickly you pl have abandoned the yoke of righteousness and [the] gospel; i.e. it is clear that your counsels have not been wise. It is swiftly that you have abandoned the yoke of the gospel.
    (literally, “it is a wonder to me its quickness that…”)

Mutation

Mutation of do·éirig
radical lenition nasalization
do·éirig
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
do·éirig do·n-éirig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading