conicc

Old Irish

Etymology

From com- +‎ ·icc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈikʲ/

Verb

con·icc (prototonic ·cumaic or ·cumaing, verbal noun cumang or cumacc)

1. to be able to, can

   Synonym: ro-

2. to have power over

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conicc.

Usage notes

Con·icc can be used to indicate ability or potential to perform another action in two principal ways.

• The most common method is to represent the other action as an accusative verbal noun.
  • Con·icid mo chobair. ― You pl can help me. (literally, “You pl have power over helping me.”)
• Another less common method is to represent the other action as a nasalized subjunctive relative clause. The person and number conjugation of con·icc and the other verb must agree.
  • Iss ed inso nád chumaing ara·n-ísar and. ― This is what cannot be found there. (literally, “This is what does not have power that it may be found there.”)

Conjugation

Complex, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, f future, s subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.	con·iccim	con·ici	con·icc		con·icid	con·ecat
	prot.	·cumcu, ·cuimcim	·cumci	·cumaic, ·cumaing, ·cumuing	·cumcam	·cumcid	·cumcat, ·cumgat; ·cumcet	·cumacar, ·cumangar
imperfect indicative	deut.			con·iced
	prot.			·cumcad			·cumcaitis
preterite	deut.	con·áneccar	con·áneccar	con·ánacair, con·ánic			con·áncatar
	prot.		·coímnacar	·coímnacair, ·coímnacuir	·coímnacmar	·coímnacaid	·coímnactar	·coímnas
perfect	deut.			con·ránacair, con·ránic			con·ráncatar	con·ráncas
	prot.
future	deut.	con·icub		con·icfa	con·icfam		con·icfat
	prot.	·cumgub	·cumgabae	·cumgaba			·cumgabat
conditional	deut.			con·icfad, con·icfed	con·icfaimmis		con·icfaitis
	prot.			·cumcaibed
present subjunctive	deut.	con·ís	con·ís	con·í, con·ístar	con·ísamar	con·ísaid	con·ísat
	prot.		·cuimser	·cumai, ·cum			·cuimset
past subjunctive	deut.	con·ísinn		con·ísed	con·ísmais		con·ístais
	prot.	·cuimsinn		·cuimsed	·cuimsimmis
imperative							cumcat, cumgat
verbal noun		cumang, cumacc
past participle
verbal of necessity

Related terms

• cumachtach
• cumachtae

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con-icc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language