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OLD-IRISH PARADIGMS
Secondary Future.
ro-fessinn, etc, as in the active.
The Preterite and Perfect
Of this tense there are three types : (i) the -s- preterite and
perfect, (2) the -t- preterite and perfect, (3) the reduplicated
preterite and perfect. In the passive, however, there is onIy one
mode of formation, namely by means of a suffix -to-, as in the
past participle passive in Latin. Except in a few verbs in which
the preterite and perfect come from diíferent roots, e.g. luid, he
went, do-coid, he has gone, the perfect is the preterite with the
addition of one of the perfective particles, of which the most
common is ro, e.g. gabais, he took, ro gab, he has taken. Ini
this case the verb has always the conjunct endings.

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Old-Irish paradigms and selections from the Old-Irish glosses
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