midithir
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *medyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure; give advice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲiðʲiθʲirʲ/
Verb
midithir (prototonic ·midethar, verbal noun mess)
- to weigh, to judge, to estimate
- to pass judgment (+ for (“on”))
- 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. 6b22
- Ní latt aní ara·rethi et ní lat in cách forsa·mmitter.
- What you assail is not yours, and not everyone on whom you pass judgment is yours.
- 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. 6b22
Inflection
Simple, class B II present, suffixless preterite, s future, s subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Abs. | midiur | mitter | midithir | midimmir | mitte | miditir | mittir | miditir |
| Conj. | ·midiur | ·(m)mitter, ·midter | ·midedar, ·midethar | ·midemmar | ·midid | ·midetar | ·(m)mitter | ·midetar | |
| Rel. | midedar, midethar | midemmar | midetar | ||||||
| Imperfect indicative | |||||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | ||||||||
| Conj. | ·mídar | ·míd(a)ir | ·mídatar | ·mes(s) | |||||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ro·mídar | ro·mídir, ru·mídair | ro·mídatar | ro·mes(s) | ||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Abs. | messur, mesor | messer | mïast(a)ir | messim(m)ir | meste | messitir | mïast(a)ir | messitir |
| Conj. | ·messur, ·mesor | ·messer | ·mïastar, ·míastar | ·messam(m)ar | ·messatar | ·mïastar, ·míastar | ·messatar | ||
| Rel. | mïastar, míastar | messam(m)ar | messatar | mïastar, míastar | messatar | ||||
| Conditional | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | messur, mesor | messer | mestir | messim(m)ir | meste | messitir | mesair | messitir |
| Conj. | ·messur, ·mesor | ·messer | ·mestar | ·messam(m)ar | ·messatar | ·messar | ·messatar | ||
| Rel. | mestar | messam(m)ar | messatar | messatar | |||||
| Past subjunctive | ·messinn | ·messed | |||||||
| Imperative | mided | midid | |||||||
| Verbal noun | mes(s) | ||||||||
| Past participle | me(i)sse | ||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | messi | ||||||||
Derived terms
- ad·midethar
- ar·midethar
- con·midethar
- do·midethar
- ·émid
- fo·rémid
- imm·ruimdethar
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| midithir also mmidithir after a proclitic |
midithir pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
midithir also mmidithir after a proclitic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “midithir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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