adcota

Old Irish

Etymology

ad- + com- + ·tá, from Proto-Celtic *tāti (compare Welsh taw (there is)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. In deuterotonic forms, ad- replaces original in-; prototonic forms are from in- + ·tá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aðˈkoda/

Verb

ad·cota (prototonic ·éta, verbal noun ét)

  1. to obtain, to receive, to get
    Synonym: logaid

Usage notes

The preterite is sometimes used with a present meaning ‘have’, much like English have got.

Conjugation

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ad·cota ad·chota ad·cota
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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