adcota

Old Irish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [aðˈkoda]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Complex, class A III present, reduplicated s preterite, a future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.	ad·cotaim; ar·cotaim (ro-form)	ad·cotai	ad·cota; ar·cota (ro-form)			ad·cotat	ad·cotar	ad·cotaiter
	Prot.	·étaim	·étai	·éta	·étam, ·étom	·étid, ·étaid	·état	·étar
Imperfect indicative	Deut.			ad·cotad				ad·cotate
	Prot.						·étis, ·étaitis
Preterite	Deut.	ad·cotadus, ad·codados		ad·cotad, ad·cotade, ad·cotedae	ad·cotadsam, ad·cotasum		ad·cotatsat, ad·cotaiset; adid·chotatsat (with infixed pronoun id-)	ad·cotad
	Prot.			·étade, ·étada			·étsat, ·étatsat	·étas
Perfect	Deut.
	Prot.
Future	Deut.							ara·cotar
	Prot.			·étada	·étatham			·étastar
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.							·étaste	·étatais
Present subjunctive	Deut.	ad·cot		ad·cota			ad·cotat	ad·cotar	ad·cotaiter
	Prot.		·éta	·éta	·étam, ·étom	·étid, ·étaid	·état	·étar
Past subjunctive	Deut.			ad·cotad				ad·cotate
	Prot.						·étis, ·étaitis
Imperative
Verbal noun		ét
Past participle		étite; éttæ, étae
Verbal of necessity

Related terms

• at·tá

Descendants

• Middle Irish: fétaid (“can, be able”)
  • Irish: féad, féidir
  • Manx: vod
  • Scottish Gaelic: faod, feud

Mutation

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

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ad·cota”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language