anaid

Old Irish

FWOTD – 28 February 2025

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *anati (to remain), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₁ti (to breathe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.nəðʲ/
    • (Blasse) [ˈa.nɪðʲ]
    • (Griffith) [ˈa.nɨðʲ]

Verb

anaid (conjunct ·ana, verbal noun anad)

  1. to stay, remain
  2. to wait
  3. to resist, to withstand
  4. to cease, to stop

For quotations using this term, see Citations:anaid.

Inflection

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. anaid anmai anait
conj. ·ana
rel. anas
imperfect indicative ·anad ·andais
preterite abs. anais; anis ansait
conj. ·anus ·anis ·an ·ansam
rel.
perfect deut. ru·anus ro·anis ro·an; ru·an
prot. ·ran, ·rran ·rransam
future abs. ainfa
conj. ·ainib; ·anub; ·aniub ·ainfet
rel.
conditional ·ainfeda ·ainfed
present subjunctive abs.
conj. ·ran, ·rran (ro-form) ru·anat (ro-form)
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative an anam anaid anat
verbal noun anad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: fanaid
    • Irish: fan
    • Scottish Gaelic: fan

Mutation

Mutation of anaid
radical lenition nasalization
anaid
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
anaid n-anaid

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

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