# sechmadachtae
## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* sechmadachte, sechmodachte

### Etymology

From sechmo- (“past”) +‎ techt (“going”) +‎ -e (abstract noun suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsʲexməðəxte/, [ˈsʲexmaðaxtɘ]

### Noun

sechmadachtae m
* past tense, preterite
** c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 160$^b$2
    con·fil linni hisind óin-ṡechmadachtu afile leosom indib sechmadachtibi.e. so that we have in the one preterite what they [the Greeks] have in two preterites [perfect and aorist]
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 27$^a$6
    a ngell taraisse .i. inna degmaini ro·ngeni dia isint sechmadachtu ar in popul·the proper pledge, i.e., the benefits that God wrought in the past for the people;

#### Declension

Neuter io-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | sechmadachtae$^N$ | sechmadachtae$^L$ | sechmadachtae$^L$ |
| Vocative | sechmadachtae$^N$ | sechmadachtae$^L$ | sechmadachtae$^L$ |
| Accusative | sechmadachtae$^N$ | sechmadachtae$^L$ | sechmadachtae$^L$ |
| Genitive | sechmadachtai$^L$ | sechmadachtae$^L$ | sechmadachtae$^N$ |
| Dative | sechmadachtu$^L$ | sechmadachtaib | sechmadachtaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

### Adjective

sechmadachtae
* past, of the past, preterital
** 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. 50$^d$10
    .i. amal durigni inna gnímu sechmadachtai dugena dano innahí tairngir hisatodochide·i.e. as He did the past deeds, He will indeed do what He promises in the future.

#### Declension

io/iā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sechmadachtae | sechmadachtae | sechmadachtae |
| Vocative | sechmadachtai | sechmadachtae | sechmadachtae |
| Accusative | sechmadachtae | sechmadachtai | sechmadachtae |
| Genitive | sechmadachtai | sechmadachtae | sechmadachtai |
| Dative | sechmadachtu | sechmadachtai | sechmadachtu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | sechmadachtai | sechmadachtai | sechmadachtai |
| Vocative | sechmadachtai sechmadachtu* | sechmadachtai | sechmadachtai |
| Accusative | sechmadachtai sechmadachtu* | sechmadachtai | sechmadachtai |
| Genitive | sechmadachtae | sechmadachtae | sechmadachtae |
| Dative | sechmadachtaib | sechmadachtaib | sechmadachtaib |
| Notes | * when substantivized | * when substantivized | * when substantivized |

### References

* ↑ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 853, page 530
* ↑ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “sechmadachte”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page S-65

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sechmadachtae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language