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S8 OLD-IRISH PARADIGMS
NoTE I. — Examples of Sg. i with the accent on the radical
syllable are do-biurt ZCP. iv. 43, YBL 31^35, con-gult LL.
31 ''21. When the accent falls on a preceding syllable the vowel
is regularly u, e.g. as-ruburt, I have said, do-ringult, I have
promised.
NoTE 2. — Of the 3 Pl. abs. no example is found in the Glosses ;
in later texts bertatar, etc, appears. In several of the persons
the old form is yet unknown.
Further instances are : — gairid, calls : -gart ; fo-geir,
warms : fo-gert ; dairid, uaccam init : -dart ; marnaid,
betrays : -mert ; ailid, rears : -alt ; at-bail, dies : at-balt,
at-rubalt ; celid, hides : -celt ; gelid, grazes : -gelt ;
melid, grinds : -melt ; -em- (di-em-, protect, etc.) : -ét ;
-sem- (do-fuissim, creates, etc.) : *-sét ; aigid, drives :
-acht ; aingid, protects: anacht ; at-reig,arises : at-recht ;
do-érig, deserts : do-réracht ; saigid, aims at : -siacht.
Reduplicated preterite and perfect.
There are two types, (a) reduplicated forms, e.g. cechain,
sang, (b) forms without reduplication and with a long vowel
before a single consonant, e.g. gáid, prayed, fo-caird, cast.