domuinethar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From to- +‎ ·muinethar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈmunʲeθar]

Verb

do·muinethar (verbal noun toimtiu)

  1. to think, suppose
    • 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. 14a10:
      Is hed do·moiniur.
      That’s what I think.
    • 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. 17d23
      arná{m}·tomnad námmin duine sed deus
      that he should not suppose that I am a human but a god
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 78b24:
      du·menammar (we may think) (glosses opinari)

Conjugation

Complex, class B II present, reduplicated preterite, f future, a subjunctive, deponent
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. do·muinur, do·moiniur, do·menaimm do·mointer do·muinemmar do·munetar, do·muinetar; do·mainetar
prot. ·tomnadar, ·tomnaitiur, ·tomainter ·tomnaiter
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut. do·mén, do·ménar
prot.
perfect deut. du·ruménar do·ruimin do·ruménair, du·ruménar; do·rumén du·ruménatar do·rumat
prot. ·torménmar ·torménid ·torménatar
future deut.
prot. ·tomnibther
conditional deut. do·mmuinfide
prot.
present subjunctive deut. du·mmenathar du·menmar, du·menammar
prot. ·tomnathar ·tomnammar ·tomnatar
past subjunctive deut. do·menad ·tomnitis, ·tomontis
prot. ·tomnad ·tomainte
imperative
verbal noun toimtiu
past participle toimte
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Irish: toimhdigh

Mutation

Mutation of do·muinethar
radical lenition nasalization
do·muinethar
also do·mmuinethar
do·muinethar
pronounced with /β̃-/
do·muinethar
also do·mmuinethar

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

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