# rofinnadar
## Old Irish
### Etymology

ro- +‎ Proto-Celtic *windeti (compare Welsh gwn (“I know”)), from *wi-n-d- (compare Sanskrit विन्दति (vindati, “finds”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [r͈oˈɸʲin͈aðar]

### Verb

ro·finnadar (prototonic ·finnadar, verbal noun fius)
* to find out, discover
** 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. 30$^a$3
    Amal nád n-airigther ⁊ nád fintar a ndu·gníther hi suidi, sic ba in fortgidiu ⁊ ba hi temul du·gníth Saul cona muntair intleda ⁊ erelca fri Dauid.As what is done in that is not perceived and discovered, so it was covertly and it was in darkness that Saul with his people was making snares and ambushes against David.
* (in perfect) to know
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 90$^c$19
    Ní fetar indam·ṡoírfad Día fa nacc.I do not know whether God would deliver me or not.
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rofinnadar.

#### Conjugation

| | | 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. |
| Present indicative | Deut. | | | ro·finnadar | | | | | ro·finnatar |
| Present indicative | Prot. | | | ·finnadar | | | ·finnatar | ·fintar | ·finnatar |
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | | | ro·finnad | | | | | |
| Imperfect indicative | Prot. | | | ·finnad | | | | | |
| Preterite | Deut. | | | | | | | | |
| Preterite | Prot. | | | | | | | | |
| Perfect | Deut. | ro·fetar | | ro·fitir | ro·fitemmar | ro·fitid | ro·fitetar | ro·fess | ro·fessa |
| Perfect | Prot. | ·fetar | ·fetar | ·fitir | ·fitemmar | ·fitid | ·fitetar | ·fess | ·fessa |
| Future | Deut. | ro·fessur | ro·feisser | ru·fiastar, ro·festar | ro·fessammar | ro·fessid, ro·fessaid | ro·fessatar | ro·fessar | |
| Future | Prot. | ·fessur | ·feisser | ·fiastar, ·festar | ·fessammar | ·fessid, ·fessaid | ·fessatar | ·fessar | |
| Conditional | Deut. | ro·fessainn | ro·festa | ro·fessad | ro·fesmais | ro·festae | | | |
| Conditional | Prot. | ·fessainn | ·festa | ·fessad | ·fesmais | ·festae | ·festais | ·festae | |
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | ro·fessur | ro·feisser | ro·festar | ro·fessammar | ro·fessaid | ro·fessatar | ro·fessar | |
| Present subjunctive | Prot. | ·fessur | ·feisser | ·festar | ·fessammar | ·fessaid | ·fessatar | ·fessar | |
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ro·fessainn | ro·festa | ro·fessad | ro·fesmais | ro·festae | | | |
| Past subjunctive | Prot. | ·fessainn | ·festa | ·fessad | ·fesmais | ·festae | ·festais | ·festae | |
| Imperative | Imperative | | fintae | finnad | finnamar | finnaid | finnatar | | |
| Verbal noun | Verbal noun | fius | | | | | | | |
| Past participle | Past participle | | | | | | | | |
| Verbal of necessity | Verbal of necessity | fissi | | | | | | | |

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: finnaid
** Irish: fionn
* Irish: feadair (from perfect conjunct ·fitir)

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ro·finnadar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 522–523