nertaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From nert (“strength”) +‎ -aid

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn̠ʲer.t̪əðʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈn̠ʲer.t̪ɪðʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈn̠ʲer.t̪ɨðʲ]

Verb

nertaid (conjunct ·nerta, verbal noun nertad)

1. to strengthen

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	abs.	nertim	nertai	nertaid
	conj.	·nertim	·nertai	·nerta	·nertam			·nertar
	rel.							nertar
imperfect indicative				·nertad			·nertais		·nertais
preterite	abs.			nertais
	conj.		·nertais	·nert				·nertad
	rel.
perfect	deut.		ro·nertais	ru·nert				ro·nertad
	prot.
future	abs.							nertfidir
	conj.			·nertfa
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.		nertai	nertaid
	conj.		·nertai	·nerta	·nertam			·nertar
	rel.							nertar
past subjunctive				·nertad			·nertais		·nertais
imperative			nert	nertad		nertaid		nertar
verbal noun		nertad
past participle		nertae
verbal of necessity		nertai

Descendants

• ⇒ Middle Irish: nertaigid
  • Irish: neartaigh

Mutation

Mutation of nertaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
nertaid also nnertaid in h-prothesis environments	nertaid pronounced with /nʲ-/	nertaid also nnertaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 nertaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language