# adfét
## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* do·fét, in·fét

### Etymology

ad- + Proto-Celtic *weideti, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”). The unlenited final /d/ of the third-person singular originated in the prototonic form *·andewēðeθ, where a regular rule of syncope produced *·andewēðθ, which underwent delenition to *·andewēdd; the /d/ then spread to the deuterotonic form.
This verb uses the prefix com- to mark perfective forms. The perfect ad·cuaid is from ad- + com- + ·fíad.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aðˈɸʲeːd]

### Verb

ad·fét
* to declare, tell, relate
* to ascribe
* to pronounce
For quotations using this term, see Citations:adfét.

#### Inflection

Most prototonic forms as well as the verbal noun are supplied by in·fét
| | | 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. |
| Present indicative | Deut. | ad·fédiu, ad·fíadu, ad·féidim | ad·fédi; adon·fédi (with infixed pronoun don-) | ad·fét, ad·féit, ad·fíad; asid·fét (with infixed pronoun id-) | ad·fíadam, ad·fédem; asnda·fíadam (with infixed pronoun da-) | ad·fédid | ad·fíadat, ad·féthet, as·fíadat; at·fétet (with infixed pronoun d-) | ad·fíadar, ad·fédar; ad·íadar (relative) | ad·fíadatar |
| Present indicative | Prot. | | | | | | | | |
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | | | ad·féthed, ad·féded | | | | | |
| Imperfect indicative | Prot. | | | | | | | | |
| Preterite | Deut. | | | at·fíad (with infixed pronoun d-) | | | ad·fiadatar | ad·fes | ad·fessa, ad·féta |
| Preterite | Prot. | | | | | | | | |
| Perfect | Deut. | ad·coad | | ad·cuid, ad·cuaid | ad·cuadamar, ad·cóidemmar | | ad·cuadatar | ad·cuas, ad·coas, ad·cós | |
| Perfect | Prot. | | | | | | | ·racuas, ·rachoas | |
| Future | Deut. | ad·fías, ad·fíassar, ad·fessar, ad·fesar; ad·déos, ad·díus | | ad·fíi | ad·fessam | | | ad·fíastar | |
| Future | Prot. | ·adius | | | | | | | |
| Conditional | Deut. | | | | | | | | |
| Conditional | Prot. | | | | | | | | |
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | at·chous (with infixed pronoun d- and perfective prefix com-) | at-coïs (with infixed pronoun d- and perfective prefix com-); ad·cois | ad·fé, ad·féta; asid·chói (relative with infixed pronoun id-) | | | | | ad·cæstar (com-form) |
| Present subjunctive | Prot. | | | | | | | | |
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | | | ad·feissed; at·coad (with infixed pronoun d- and perfective prefix com-) | | | | | |
| Past subjunctive | Prot. | | | | | | | | |
| Imperative | Imperative | | ad·feid; atta·feid (with infixed pronoun ad-) | | | | | | |
| Verbal noun | Verbal noun | | | | | | | | |
| Past participle | Past participle | | | | | | | | |
| Verbal of necessity | Verbal of necessity | | | | | | | | |

#### Related terms

* adbas
* as·indet
* do·adbat
* in·fét

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Karin Stüber (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-stems in Celtic (Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics; III), Maynooth: The Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, →ISBN, page 126

### Further reading

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