dofuissim

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- + uss- + Proto-Celtic *semeti (pour), from *semH- (pump, draw water, scoop). Cognate with Middle Welsh gwehynnu (pour) (from *uɸo-semo-), Old Breton douohinnom (glossing haustum; from *to-uɸo-semo-), Lithuanian sémti (to pump, scoop), Latin sentīna (bilgewater).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doˈfusʲimʲ/

Verb

do·fuissim (verbal noun tuistiu)

  1. to create
  2. to beget (of a father)
  3. to bear (a child; of a mother)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • tuistidi (parents)
  • tuistiu (child)

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: tuismid
    • Irish: tuismigh
    • Scottish Gaelic: taoim
    • Manx: teaum

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
do·fuissim do·ḟuissim do·fuissim
pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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