saigid

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɣʲəðʲ/
    • (Blasse) [ˈsa.ɣʲɪðʲ]
    • (Griffith) [ˈsa.ɣʲɨðʲ]

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Celtic *sagyeti or *sageti (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- or *seh₂ǵ- (“to follow a trail”). Related to Welsh haeddu (“to deserve”).[1]

    Verb

    saigid (verbal noun saigid)

    1. to go towards, approach
    2. to seek out
    3. to reach, attain
    Inflection

    This verb and its derivatives, irregularly for B II verbs, have various non-palatalized present forms, such as a third-person plural segait, conjunct ·segat, in addition to a passive singular ·segar with unpalatalized g. These may have arisen by analogy with verbs like saidid and laigid and nouns like aig where e followed by a palatalized consonant regularly changed to a.[2]

    Simple, class B II present, t preterite, s future, s subjunctive
    active passive
    singular plural singular plural
    1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    present indicative abs. saigim saigid segait segair segaiter
    conj. ·saig ·segat ·segar
    rel. saiges
    imperfect indicative
    preterite abs. sïacht sïachtatar
    conj.
    rel.
    perfect deut. ro·sïachtar
    prot.
    future abs. sesa siais
    conj. ·sia ·sesaid ·siasstar
    rel.
    conditional
    present subjunctive abs.
    conj. ·sáis ·sá ·sasat
    rel.
    past subjunctive sásad
    imperative saig saigid
    verbal noun saigid
    past participle
    verbal of necessity saigthi
    Quotations
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23c11
      Forsin testimin-so .i. a brith frisa ndliged remeperthe, et is fri Pól berir amal ṡodin, .i. is hed inso sís ro·chlos et ad·chess inna bésaib et a gnímaib. Aliter saigid inple⟨te⟩ gaudium rl.: is sí mo ḟáilte inso sí qua rl. in Christo. Bad hí Críst má beith nach fáilte dúibsi, et ní frissom amal ṡodin. […] Má nud·tectid na huili-se inplete .i. dénid a n‑as·berar frib.
      On this text, i.e. its reference to the above-mentioned rule, and [with reference] to Paul it is referred in that case, i.e. this below is what was heard and seen in his morals and deeds. Otherwise, it approaches implete gaudium etc.: this is my joy si qua etc. in Christo. Let it be in Christ if you pl have any joy, and [it refers] not to him in that case. […] If you have all these, implete i.e. do what is said to you.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 66b5
      Segait ind firién inna fochaidi ar saigid inna ngnimae foirbthe.
      The righteous seek out tribulations in order to attain perfect deeds.
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Irish: saigh

    Further reading

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Celtic *sagyetis.[3] Cognate with Welsh haeddu.

      Noun

      saigid f

      1. verbal noun of saigid
      Inflection
      Feminine i-stem
      singular dual plural
      nominative saigid — —
      vocative saigid — —
      accusative saigidN — —
      genitive saichtheoH, saichtheaH — —
      dative saigidL — —
      Initial mutations of a following adjective:
      • H = triggers aspiration
      • L = triggers lenition
      • N = triggers nasalization
      Quotations
      • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 66b5
        Segait ind firién inna fochaidi ar saigid inna ngnimae foirbthe.
        The righteous seek tribulations in order to attain perfect deeds.
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Further reading

      Mutation

      Mutation of saigid
      radical lenition nasalization
      saigid ṡaigid saigid

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

      References

      1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan; Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004), “*sag-(i̯)e/o-”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Meid, →ISBN, page 555
      2. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 82 (a), pages 53–54; reprinted 2017
      3. ^ de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999), Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 451
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