interrogative particle. im- before b-forms of the copula
and substantive vb. (but:
in biam,
Wb. 15a1
.
in ba maten,
in ba fuin,
Murphy Metrics § 19.
in budh geall re oirechus ...,
ML² 1420
). Causes eclipsis of following initial except when
it contains the copula. n generally doubled before vowels
(but not in Wb.), especially before pronouns é, í, ed: Folld.
by dependent form of vb. and neg. particle and by Class C
forms of infixed pron. Later Mid. and Mod. Ir.: an.
(i) In direct questions: in coscramni `do we destroy?,'
Wb. 2b20
.
in digén bullu mertrige diib,
9d4
. in cumgubsa
.i. non gl. num ... potero,
Ml. 49c5
. in intsamlammar-ni
`do we imitate,'
Wb. 11b16
.
in intain rombói in circumcisione,
2c5
.
in anfossigid,
8d5
.
in ed fodera báas domsa
...,
3c33
. in dia in doichside do `is it God? is it likely of
Him?,'
4b14
.
uidesne .i. in n-aci,
Sg. 15b6
. in n-íírr `wilt
Thou slay?,'
Ml. 77a10
. inned insin furuar dait `is it that
that caused it to thee?,'
44b10
.
in forcmaither áes sainrethach dond ḟi[u]r midboth ...?,
Críth G. 32.
ind
(leg. in) hí lanamnus atái béus `art thou still in the married
state?,'
Mon. Tall. 134.24
.
inn é so Muinremor?,
ScM.
§ 12.
ceist, in n-éláfa limm?,
TBFr. 162.
im bui (bia,
v.l.) tesorcud na nDéisi innosa?,
Ériu iii 140.179
.
in creti
Dia fodechtsa,
LU 9281.
inn ébairt-sium frit-su in chóma
sain,
TBC-LL¹ 1772.
in anad dogníthi-si?,
Mer. Uil. 187.
an
edh is áil lib ... imbualad oidhchi do dēnam?,
ML² 1501.
an faicend tu Tit,
TTebe 4886
.
in ro berbais in saill,
IT
i 41.12
.
(ii) In dependent questions in is used (a) alone meaning
whether
, or (b) preceded by duús (do ḟius)
to know if, if
perchance:
(a) nebmess for nech im maid fa olcc `whether
he be good or evil,'
Wb. 8d26
.
asrubart sum fri mmaccu
Israhel imbói di oinachdaib leu,
Ml. 43d1
.
ro ḟíarfuigh
sceula dib, an fúaratar sgéulu Midir,
IT i 129.30
.
co finnad
inn uaitsiu ro siacht fis dó,
LU 3659.
dóig innar tised Cúscraid,
TBC-LL¹ 823.
a innisin duind ... an mberam coscur
dona Tiabandaib,
TTebe 1214
.
aitheantar ... an é flaitheas
Dé is dúthaigh dhó,
TSh. 1776.
ní feas do neoch an díol
grádha nó fuatha é féin,
1155
.
(b) duús in comalnid arru-pridchad dúib `if perchance ye fulfil what has been preached
to you,'
Wb. 14d23
. doairfenus doib dús imbed comrorcon
and `if perchance there might be error therein,'
18d7
. iarmoracht M. do M. dus imbad lór whether it were enough,
Mon. Tall. 133.8
.
dús in faigbitis nech bad toga leo dia
tibertis rígi nErend,
LU 3438.
With loss of n: rochindset
dul co Teamhraigh dūs a ccaomtais fuaslugudh Fiachra
to see if they could ...,
ZCP xiv 256.17
. In Mod. Ir. an ro>
ar by the assimilation of n with r:
do fhiafruigh dhe ar
choimhéid na miasa gan osgladh,
TSh. 3592.
(iii) Double interrogation expressed by
in ... in
, more
frequently by
in ... fa (or ba),
in ... fa in
, and later by
in
... no in ... (im, imb, imp=in+3 s. pres. subj. of copula):
imb i nógi imb i lánamnas `whether in celibacy or in marriage,'
Wb. 10a12
.
imbem i mbethu imbem i mbaás bad lessom,
25c12
.
sechip hé im do día im do pheccad,
3b15
.
ceist in
tre prois fa in tre metur roceta ...,
Hib. Min. 175.
cid dogēn
fri firu Arddae? imba hāilgine ... bá 'ma (=imba) garge?,
ACL iii 293.z
.
imb i céin fa i n-accus beo-sa,
Wb. 23b41
.
is inderb im mascul fá femen ...,
Sg. 61a9
. imba bás ba
bethu `whether it will be death or life,'
Wb. 23b32
.
cía de
as sru[i]thiu, in ríi fa thúath?,
Críth G. 492.
is cumtabairt cia crocann in rúon nó in cethra,
Trip.² 815.
in oc
urnaidi Con Culaind bía ł in limsa doraga,
LU 4012.
dus
cid dodentais fri h-Iacop .i. inn e a marbad ... no inn e a
phiannad,
LB 151b40
. in sith no in debaid fuil agaib?
Aen. 1838.
'ca imradh an cath rocomorfad no an sid ro-sirfead,
TTebe 1184
. Triple interrogation: in i comsuidigud
fa hi comasndís bíit fa a ndíis `whether they are in composition or in apposition or in both of them,'
Sg. 217a1
. in
... fa nacc
whether ... or not: in tree áem didiu fa nacc
`is it through it then indeed or not?,'
Wb. 2c4
. imb anacol
dom fa nac `whether it be protection to me or no,'
23a6
.
(iv) Negative interrog.: innád cualaidsi `have ye not
heard?,'
Wb. 5a21
. inná tecta cumachte gl. an non habet
potestatem?,
4c28
. innad n-accai dost thou not see?,
Ml.
17b17
.
dús innad n-utmaligetar,
Thes. ii 4.34
(Acr.). cest
ina raibi Gaedelg resiu rotobaidhe `did not G. exist ... ?,'
Auraic. 13.
In Ml. the neg. interrog. is frequently expressed
by in ní nad
is it that ... not: inní nad ṅdixnigedar is it a
thing that it is not?,
Ml. 55c9
. inní nadnimcai ate immaaccai
is it a thing He does not consider? Yea, He considers it,
114a15
. inní nad roilgisid `have ye not read?,'
17b18
.
inné
nach foghnann duit duine ele,
BNnÉ 179.4
.
(v) The object pronoun (indirect object in the case of
sul st. verb and copula) is infixed between in and the verb,
and in the case of the copula, between in and the
predicate: in da hierr `wilt Thou slay them?,'
Ml. 77a16
.
inab-testa-si tesbuid a hEmuin?,
IT i 144.19
. inn dathgnitae would you recognise them?,
21
.
inum-biasa úair
coibligi lat?,
BDD² 48.
innut tarfás ní? has anything
appeared to thee?,
LU 9233.
indad fil slondud bas derbu?,
5602
.
indat mebhair-siu?,
TBC-LL¹ 3552.
in dóig inar tísed
C.,
815
.
in-dat sochenel no dochenel?,
PH 695.