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Old Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to obtain, to receive, to get
    Synonyms: ad·etha, logaid

For quotations using this term, see Citations:adcota.

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: fétaid (can, be able)

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
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.

Further reading

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