sissidir

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sistati, from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, a reduplicated derivative of *steh₂-. Compare Latin sistō, Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi) and Sanskrit तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati).

See ·tá for this term's unreduplicated relatives.

Attested in Forfes Fer Fálchae, a text from the c. 8th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʲi.sʲə.ðʲəɾʲ/
    • (Blasse) [ˈsʲi.sʲɪ.ðʲɪɾʲ]
    • (Griffith) [ˈsʲi.sʲɨ.ðʲɨɾʲ]

Verb

sissidir (verbal noun sessam)

  1. (hapax legomenon) to stand

Conjugation

Simple, class B II present
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs.
conj. ·roísur (with ro- of potential)
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj.
rel.
perfect deut.
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun sessam
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of sissidir
radical lenition nasalization
sissidir ṡissidir sissidir

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

Further reading

  • Hull, Vernam (1961), “Old Irish Sissidir and its Compounds”, in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, volume 28, number 1, De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISSN