# midithir
## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *medyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure; give advice”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmʲiðʲiθʲirʲ]

### Verb

midithir (prototonic ·midethar, verbal noun mess)
* to weigh, to judge, to estimate
** 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. 27$^a$24
    Náchib·mided .i. náchib·berar i smachtu rechta fetarlicce, inna ndig et a mbiad, inna llíthu et a ssapati, act bad foirbthe far n‑iress.Let him not judge you, i.e. do not be borne into the institutions of the Law of the Old Testament, into their drink and their food, into their festivals and their sabbaths; but let your faith be perfect.
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56$^c$10
    a mmïastarwhen he will judge
* to pass judgment (+ for (“on”))
** c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6$^b$22
    Ní latt aní ara·rethi et ní lat in cách forsa·mmitter.What you assail is not yours, and not everyone on whom you pass judgment is yours.
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 30$^c$9
    Ní digénam-ni nach ngním forna mmestar-som.We will do no work on which he may not pass judgment.

#### Inflection

| | | 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. |
| Present indicative | Abs. | midiur | mitter | midithir | midimmir | mitte | miditir | mittir | miditir |
| Present indicative | Conj. | ·midiur | ·mitter, ·mmitter, ·midter | ·midedar, ·midethar | ·midemmar | ·midid | ·midetar | ·mitter, ·mmitter | ·midetar |
| Present indicative | Rel. | | | midedar, midethar | midemmar | | midetar | | |
| Imperfect indicative | Imperfect indicative | | | | | | | | |
| Preterite | Abs. | | | | | | | | |
| Preterite | Conj. | ·mídar | | ·mídir, ·mídair | | | ·mídatar | ·mes, ·mess | |
| Preterite | Rel. | | | | | | | | |
| Perfect | Deut. | ro·mídar | | ro·mídir, ru·mídair | | | ro·mídatar | ro·mes, ro·mess | |
| Perfect | Prot. | | | | | | | | |
| Future | Abs. | messur, mesor | messer | mïastir, mïastair | messimir, messimmir | meste | messitir | mïastir, mïastair | messitir |
| Future | Conj. | ·messur, ·mesor | ·messer | ·mïastar, ·mmïastar, ·míastar | ·messamar, ·messammar | | ·messatar | ·mïastar, ·míastar | ·messatar |
| Future | Rel. | | | mïastar, míastar | messamar, messammar | | messatar | mïastar, míastar | messatar |
| Conditional | Conditional | | | | | | | | |
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | messur, mesor | messer | mestir | messimir, messimmir | meste | messitir | mesair | messitir |
| Present subjunctive | Conj. | ·messur, ·mesor | ·messer | ·mestar | ·messamar, ·messammar | | ·messatar | ·messar | ·messatar |
| Present subjunctive | Rel. | | | mestar | messamar, messammar | | messatar | | messatar |
| Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive | ·messinn | | ·messed | | | | | |
| Imperative | Imperative | | | mided | | midid | | | |
| Verbal noun | Verbal noun | mes, mess | | | | | | | |
| Past participle | Past participle | messe, meisse | | | | | | | |
| Verbal of necessity | Verbal of necessity | messi | | | | | | | |

#### Derived terms

* ad·midethar
* ar·midethar
* con·midethar
* do·midethar
* forsa·mmitter
* fo·rémid
* imm·ruimdethar
* ·émid

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “midithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 577–578