asluí

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• as·loi

Etymology

From ess- + Proto-Celtic *luweti. Matasović assumes that the simplex is unattested. However, Pedersen connects as·luí with luïthir (“to move”), an attested simplex verb.

Verb

as·luí (prototonic ·elai, verbal noun élud)

1. to escape

Inflection

Complex, class A III present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.			as·luí, as·loi			as·luat
	Prot.			·elai			·elat
Imperfect indicative	Deut.	ad·luinn		as·luad
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.			at·lúi			as·luiset
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.	as·ruluús	at·rulais	as·rola, at·rullai
	Prot.	·erlós		·érlai
Future	Deut.						as·luífet
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.						as·loat
	Prot.			ro·héla, ·erla (ro-forms)	·elammar; ·érlam (ro-form)		·élat
Past subjunctive	Deut.	as·lóinse (with emphatic suffix -se)
	Prot.						·elaitis
Imperative
Verbal noun		élud
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: élaid
  • Irish: éalaigh
  • Scottish Gaelic: èalaidh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
as·luí also as·lluí	as·luí pronounced with /-l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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