1 do-tuit
Cite this: eDIL s.v. 1 do-tuit or dil.ie/18533Last Revised:
2019
Forms:
tuit, dotuit, dothuit, dufuit, fora-tuit-som, dotuitet, dofuitet, dofuittet, tutet, dofuited, dofutitis, nothuititis, dorothuus-[s]a, co táthais, do-foth, día toth, arna-tta, torthissem, dotodsat, todsat, torthaiset, torchror-sa, dotodsinn, -faetsath, dorótsad, dorodsad, condo[d]sitis, dofoethus, dofoethus-[s]a, do-faethus-sa, tōithus, toethus, dofáithais, dafaethais, táithis, condoethais, taethais, dotóeth, dofóeth, dofaeth, dofaeth, tāith, thaeth, toeth, thóitis, tartais, taethais, dofaethsaid, taethaisti, dothoetsat, dofoethsat, dofaethsat, do-thaethsat, dofaesat, toethsat, inid-toetsat, dofaethsaind, dofaithesté-su, dofaethaisté-su, dofáithsad, dofaethsad, dofoetsat, tóethsad, toetsad, taethsad, thoithsad, táetsatais, taetsaitis, toethsitís, tōitsitis, torchar, torchair, torchar, docer, dacer, doceir, docair, tocair, dicer, dochear, dorochair, dorochoir, tarrochair, torchar, torchar, torchair, condorchair, trochair, dorochrobair, docertar, docerddatar, diceratar, doceradur, dorochratar, torchartar, con-torchratar, torcratar, con-drochradur, docersat, dorochairset, torchuirsit, dororchair, drorcradatar, drorcradar, do-ciuchratar, do-certar, docher, torchair, atorchair, drochair, itorchair, totuiter, tuiter, tuitim, tuit-, toit-, tuit, car-toit, rotuitset, bhacear, focera, rafoethus, rafaethais, rofaeth, rofaethsaind, rofaitsad, rofaethsad, taeth-, faeth-, taethur-sa, thaethad, taethfaid, taethfaid, taothfadh, do-aothfadh, rothaith, rothóeth, taethsat, thaethsadar, thaetsadar, faoithfead, faothfas, fāidhfit, do-faeth, dofoeth, dofuithebsa, chear, docearadh, chear, concearadar, torcrad
v (*
to-tuit-,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 656
, see Bergin,
Ériu x 193
,
GOI § 543
). Ipv. 2 s.
ná tuit
,
Imr. Brain § 30
. Indic. pres.
3 s.
dotuit,
Sg. 71a9
.
dothuit,
Wb. 4d15
.
dufuit,
Thes. ii
293.21
(SP ii § 4).
dofuit,
TBC-I¹ 738
,
3001
;
Trip.² 1292
, etc.
fora-tuit-som,
Wb. 4d15
. 3 pl.
dotuitet,
O'Dav. 738
. dofuitet,
TBC-I¹ 2127
,
2952
.
dofuittet,
LL 246b45
.
nad tutet
,
Sg. 50a7
.
Impf. 3 s.
intan dofuited
,
BB 368b39
. 3 pl.
dofutitis,
LU
9403
.
nothuititis,
TBC-I¹ 1417
(LU).
Subj. pres. 1 s. (with -ro-)
dorothuus-[s]a,
Ml. 23c23
. 2 s.
co táthais,
TBC-LL¹ 1836
(so Ped.; from do-autat, Wind.). 3 s.
do-foth,
CB 164 § 45 gl. 1
.
día toth,
Bechbretha 68 § 30, 134 § 34 n.
arna-tta,
Mon. Tall. 159.35
. 1 pl. (with -ro-)
na torthissem
,
Wb. 32c16
. 3 pl.
dotodsat,
Ml. 124d12
.
arna todsat
,
118a12
.
(With -ro-)
arna torthaiset
,
Críth G. 303
. With stem
do-cer-: 1 s. dep.
co torchror-sa
,
SR 1533
. Impf. 1 s. dotodsinn,
Ml. 131b7
. 3 s.
-faetsath,
BDD² 792
. (With -ro-)
dorótsad,
LU 4870
=
dorodsad,
TBC-I¹ 382
. 3 pl. condo[d]sitis.
Wb.
5b11
.
In Mid.Ir. the fut. and cond. are generally used in place
of subj. Fut. 1 s.
dofoethus,
LB 126b33
.
dofoethus-[s]a,
Rawl. 142a48
.
cia do-faethus-sa
,
RC xiii 8.14
.
conna tōithus
,
xxiii 316
.
toethus,
TBC-LL¹ 2310
. 2 s.
dofáithais,
TTr.² 757
.
dafaethais,
CRR § 54
.
co táithis
,
TBC-I¹ 1619
LU = condoethais, YBL.
dia taethais
,
Aen. 2923
. 3 s.
dotóeth,
Thes. ii
248.8
.
dofóeth,
LU 9877
.
dofaeth,
LL 13973
.
dofaeth,
Laws
i 142.2
.
co tāith
,
Goid. 105.3
(
teth,
5
).
meni thaeth
,
CRR § 5
.
ní toeth
,
RC x 64
. cia thóitis
(rel.),
Acall. 6880
. (
taetais,
ZCP v 524.11
=
tartais,
Ériu xii 146
. )
taethais,
Cog. 92.11
. 2 pl.
dofaethsaid,
Metr. Dinds. iii
152.21
.
taethaisti,
Anecd. iii 72
. 3 pl.
dothoetsat,
LL 249a40
.
dofoethsat,
SR 8289
.
dofaethsat,
TTr.² 544
,
757
;
AFM ii 1158
(poem).
do-thaethsat,
BDD² 698
.
dofaesat,
LL 146b30
.
toethsat (absol.),
SR 8161
.
inid-toetsat,
LL 292a29
. Condit.
1 s.
dofaethsaind,
TTr.² 316
. 3 s.
dofaithesté-su,
TBC-LL¹ 4321
.
dofaethaisté-su,
4331
. 3 s.
dofáithsad,
LL 13999
.
dofaethsad,
52
;
TBC-I¹ 1514
,
2434
. dofoetsat,
-sad,
TBC-I¹ 1091
,
1251
(LU).
ní tóethsad
,
1857
LU.
co toetsad
,
2933
.
co taethsad
,
Fél.²
lxxv 29
;
TBC-I¹ 2482
.
mani thoithsad
,
TTr.² 1171
. 3 pl.
arna
táetsatais
,
Anecd. i 75.16
.
co taetsaitis
,
TBC-LL¹ 2819
. ni toethsitís
,
TBC-I¹ 1858
LU.
arna tōitsitis
,
Mon. Tall. 157.32
.
Pret. and perf. (from *to-cer-) 1 s.
co torchar
,
Trip.² 1435
.
2 s. hi torchair
(-i- faint in MS.),
LU 6039
.
co torchar
,
Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 20.10
. 3 s.
docer,
Thes. i 493.26
(
Tur. 131
).
dacer,
29
.
doceir,
LL 274
,
1333
.
docair,
ACL iii 340 § 36
.
tocair,
Ériu
ii 16.15
.
dicer,
viii 178.5
.
dochear,
AU 516
.
dorochair,
Thes.
i 485.27
(
Tur. 19
);
Sg. 29a8
;
SR
;
TBC-I¹
, etc.
dorochoir,
Thes. ii 236.27
.
tarrochair,
TBC-I¹ 1570
LU. anna torchar
,
Ml. 34c14
.
i torchar
,
TBC-I¹ 2953
.
co torchair
,
SR 6398
, cf.
5401
,
585
;
TBC-I¹ passim
.
condorchair,
Ériu v 242.159
. i
trochair
(with metath.),
Anecd. iii 61
. 2 pl.
dorochrobair,
SR
3608
. 3 pl.
docertar,
TBC-I¹ 2925
.
docerddatar,
LL 299b9
(
RC xiii 50
).
diceratar,
Ériu viii 178
.
doceradur,
Lec. 203a17
.
dorochratar,
Ml. 36d13
.
con torchartar
,
Ardm. 18a1
(
Thes. ii
262.1
).
con-torchratar,
Ml. 48c28
.
i torcratar
,
AU 833
.
con-drochradur,
ZCP viii 540.30
. Later with s-forms:
docersat,
LL 182b39
;
Rawl. 82b36
.
dorochairset,
Lec. 62a1
.
torchuirsit,
Fianaig. 92.6
. With doubling of -ro-,
dororchair,
ZCP i 103
.
15
;
ITS v 78
. drorcradatar,
drorcradar,
Celt. Rev. iv 16.2
,
9
.
do-ciuchratar they fell,
LU 4392
seems a contamination of
do-certar and fut. stem of fo-ceird, cf.
fochiuchra,
4583
(
TBC-I¹ 76
). Forms docher and torchair continue in use to
beginning of Mod.Ir. (Keating, FM) in sense was killed
; oft.
with pref. ad-: atorchair (atrochair, drochair).
itorchair,
Ériu v 222.36
.
Pass. pres. s.
totuiter,
Sg. 71a14
.
hi tuiter
,
71a11
, cf.
12
,
13
.
Vn. tuitim.
Later treated as a simple vb. with stem tuit-, toit-:
ro tuit
,
Mon. Tall. 157.10
.
car-toit,
LL 138b30
, pl. rotuitset (-etar,
-setar).
Irregular forms.
(a) In LL do- is replaced by fo- in pret. 3 s.
bhacear,
TBC-LL¹ 4052
.
focera,
1443
; by ro- freq. in fut. and
cond. forms with f: 1 s.
rafoethus,
TBC-LL¹ 4597
. 2 s.
rafaethais,
3485
. 3 s.
rofaeth,
SG 384.7
(LL). Cond. 1 s.
rofaethsaind,
BB 422a39
. 3 s.
rofaitsad,
LL 166a53
.
rofaethsad,
TTebe
2852
.
(b) The fut. stem taeth- (toeth-) and occas. faeth- are somet.
used as general stem of vb.:
acht co taethur-sa
,
LB 112a20
.
min thaethad
,
Lec. 421b43
.
taethfaid,
MR
(
FDG 63
).
taethfaid,
RC xxiv 282
.
taothfadh,
CRR 98.7
.
do-aothfadh,
ZCP
x 288.7
.
rothaith,
Leb. Gab.(i) 98
.
rothóeth,
RC xiv 62 § 76
.
cor taethsat
,
CCath. 133
(
cor thaethsadar
,
Todd Nenn. 46.7
,
leg. thaetsadar and see do-tét).
faoithfead,
ML 100.17
.
faothfas,
120.25
. ?
fāidhfit,
Cog. 92.10
. do-faeth he fell,
Fen.
406
.
dofoeth,
Metr. Dinds. iii 320.35
. mun tí taoth 'about the one who has fallen'
IGT Verbs § 21 (192.252)
,
Fil Súil nGlais 47
.
nochor taeth,
IGT Metr. faults § 25
.
taeth fothannán ard dáenbhuille,
Fil Súil nGlais 50 § 15
. Cf. also
dofuithebsa,
Ériu v 240.148
.
(c) The pret. root cer- also appears independently in a few
cases in late texts:
ó chear
,
Ó Bruad. i 102
(pret. pass.
docearadh,
204
).
níor chear
,
A. Ó Dálaigh lv 24
.
concearadar,
Lec. 276a13
.
See
IGT Verbs §§ 21
,
79
.
Falls
; gl. Lat. cadere,
Sg. 71a9
; concidere,
Ml. 48c28
; dēcidere,
23c23
; corruere,
34c4
.
(a) In lit. sense:
docer in biail dia
samthig issam-muir,
Tur. 131
.
co torchair-seom isa cend,
Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 6
.
co torchair ina ligi,
TBC-I¹ 1196
.
co torchair
a etach ṅde,
1202
. rotuit in tenid he fell into the fire,
Mon. Tall. 157 (§ 72)
.
do mod ernaight[h]e co taothsad do déra,
ZCP iii 30
.
attaig Deain co tāith in tempul . . . guidfet-sa
Crist co rotuite,
Goid. 105
. dia teth tempul Deane erumsa,
ib. da taet lindi tigi na Tebi if the houses of Thebes fall by our
efforts,
TTebe 2592
.
ó atbath mac Eogain . . . dofaethsat
cella Connacht,
SG 65
.
omna dorochair i Fidgable forsin
chonair,
Hy. v 69 Comm.
mar cnái cáich tuitis do chronn,
ZCP ix 486
. mad a n-aimser mesa, dothuite[d] mes in tire
i n-aon aidche used to fall (from the trees),
Laws i 24
.
dorochair
a claideb al-lāim Conculainn,
RC iii 182
.
rothuitsetar ar
n-airm as ar lamaib,
TTebe 1990
.
dofuit sís . . . trethan
tromm,
SR 8113
.
ce dofāidsad snāthat for lār in taige,
Ériu
iv 30
.
dofuititis écne móra asin tsruth anuas for talmain,
RC x 58
.
dorochradar a cuirp i fudomain in mara,
CCath.
2122
.
tuitfeamaoid ré fánaidh amhail na huisgeadha,
TSh.
49
.
indar lat dofoethsad an talam fo cossaib,
TTr.² 1846
.
co
taeth nemh dochum talmhan,
Aen. 2966
.
dia taethsad nem
for an lár,
BColm. 70
. Of fig. motion: tocair menma ōm
t[h]uathaib | isin iat[h] i nIrlūachair my mind has fallen away
from my people to the meadow,
Ériu ii 16
.
nach bág forsa
torchair mo menmae,
Fél. Ep. 361
. Of gramm. case (to
transl. cadere):
lase dotuit ind ainmnid,
Sg. 71a9
.
Falls out:
dotóeth indala fiacail airthir a chinn,
Thes. ii 248
.
caillech
agar tuitidar a fiacla,
23 P 10, 100.x
.
ma tuit an findfad le
gēri an galair,
61.26
.
(b) Transf. falls, abates, subsides:
arnatta do saogal, ni do
tórmuch forsind fitt teirc sin so that thy life fail not,
Mon. Tall.
159
. rotuit in cath leth ar leth the battle subsided on both sides,
CCath. 2216
.
da mad toraib rotuited clothgnima Conaill gan
congbháil,
MR 150
. o toirmisc na hoileamna tuitid na baill
┐ tic an ḟpairilis the limbs give way (?),
23 P 10, 24b34
. da
duite an bríg tochlaitheach if the appetite fails,
147rb16
.
(c) Esp. falls, perishes, is killed; usually but not exclusively
of death in battle, oft. with LA of agent:
cath Findas i trochair Fiachra,
Anecd. iii 61
.
dofaoth an t-saoi is in daoi bonn
fri bonn
,
Cog. 204
.
taethfaid uili, fer, meic mnā | a ndigail in
lechta-sa,
RC xxiv 282
.
at ē sin rīga docersad isin chath sin,
Todd Nenn. 52
.
go ndrochair gach damhna glan | do sgothaibh calma Cruachan,
Miscell. Celt. Soc. 170
. cia thoitis don
chlaidim? who will fall by the sword?
Acall. 6880
.
dofaeth rí
din gāi sin,
RC iii 178
.
co rothérna indiu Molling, | ní thaeth
do rinn ná d'faebur,
SG 388
.
cia dorochair Congal caech |
mōr laech adrochair da rind,
Ériu v 244
.
dothuit fer cach lái
leis,
TBC-I¹ 1367
.
docer la Meidb dā fer dēac dīib,
2903
.
meni
thaeth Ailill is Medb lemsa,
CRR 5
.
deimhnigh-si lat . . . co
taet-som lium-sa cia dofaethur-sa laisim,
RC xiii 8
. connā
tōithus la fianna that I may not fall by the F.,
RC xxiii 316
.
toitfet-sa leo nō buaidheochad forra,
ZCP vi 34
.
ní tarla fris
riam trēn nā taetsat leis,
Ériu v 152
.
Dubh ┐ Finn . . . torchradar le hEoganacht,
ZCP viii 119
.
dororchair linne an
biodhbha,
ITS v 78
.
dona cathaib a ndrochradar ┐ dona
rīgaib ler' thoitsead,
Lec. 575b10
.
adeir . . . cor-thoit Eochaid
Dala re Tindi,
352a36
. deich míli mora . . . dorochratar oc
Dauíd fell by David,
SR 5912
.
mac Máil 'car toit Tuathal,
LL 138b30
=
rer-thoit,
Lec. 398b30
.
dofóeth Eógan már do
láim Beinne,
PRIA xix 534
(
LU 9877
).
torchratar . . . do láim
Láegaire,
Fianaig. 92
.
gia dofaithesté-su dá lámaib,
TBC-LL¹
4321
. ba hind docersat a maic for that (deed) his sons perished,
LL 146a18
.
acht co torchror-sa . . . im' chinaid, im' tharimthecht,
SR 1533
= acht co taethur-sa, LB (wrongly expanded
taethairsa,
MacCarthy 62
). dofuitt di daigir he shall
perish by lightning,
ZCP xii 237
. gurab do chuma a mic
torchair he died of grief,
ALC ii 392
. il-Letha dorochair mo
Chellóc died,
Fél. Mar. 26
. congab i nDomnach F. ┐ bái and
con-torcratar trí fichit fer leiss dia muintir till threescore men
of his community had fallen there beside him,
Trip. 190
=
torchartar,
Trip.² 2239
(
Thes. ii 242
).
tám thend | i torchair
ár fer nhErend,
MacCarthy 158
.
arna toitsitis an aes pende,
Mon. Tall. 157
.
(d) In theol. sense of transgression:
i ndithrub parduis
dorochair Adam: i ndíthrub in domuin dano asreracht Críst,
Tur. 19
. dotoith fēin gu n-a sil annsin (of Eve),
Lib. Flav. ii
4va13
.
(e) Of fig. relations
falls (into a state, under a rubric, etc.):
na torthissem i n-apthin,
Wb. 32c16
. dorochair a gnuisi a
toirrsi ┐ i nduba (= concidit vultus eius,
Gen. iv 5
),
Lec.
530b49
.
rotoit bantigerna i lubra galair,
RC x 186
. na dāine
noch dotoit a teas imurcrach who become over-heated,
23 F 19,
27vb32
. dorochrobair for cinaid ye have fallen into sin,
SR
3608
.
ná tuit fri lige lesce,
Imr. Brain § 30
. bid hí Silend táeth
don tur that shall run dry (?),
Metr. Dinds. iii 376
. inna hí nad
tutet isna gnúsi remeperthai that do not fall into the species
aforesaid,
Sg. 50a7
. dorochair i ndílsi di it has fallen into
propriety to her (i.e. become her special name),
29a8
.
anni
nognathaigheth cāch . . . dorochair i ndilsita do,
Hib. Min.
168
.
dorochratar uile i ndilse,
Laws iv 178
.
(f)
falls (to the lot, share, etc., of) with dat. infd. pron.: di
chor cruinn dacer dul issam-muir the lot fell to him to go into
the sea,
Tur. 132
. Usually with DO (less oft. CO, OC):
dofaeth
in corp . . . marb coem do chill Cromglaisse,
Anecd. iii 62
.
docer a forbba dia flaith,
Rawl. 119b18
.
dorochair . . . do
Bricriu dénam na flede,
IT ii2 173
. focerdar crann . . . dūs
cia dīb dototh bidba do tabairt to which of them the guilty
party should be given,
Laws iv 102 Comm.
dorochair doridise
na Lée . . . do chlannaib Néill,
SG ii 471
.
Inis Eoghain . . .
dorochair co Cenel cConaill ó chéin mháir,
Hugh Roe 232
.
dothuiteadar na comhairthadha chugam-sa a n-ionadaibh
taithneamhacha the lines have fallen unto me,
Psalms xvi 6
.
co
ndorchair ic MacErca in ingen,
BB 208b19
.
rotuit an ferand
agan ecclais osin alle,
BNnÉ 315 § 8
.
(g) With FOR
falls upon, comes upon; devolves on: ní toeth
(thaed, v.l.) aess foraib age will not fall upon you,
RC x 64
.
torchair cotlud forsin slóg,
LU 3274
(
SCC § 7
).
atrochair a
shuantoirrthim codluta fair,
CCath. 1451
.
dororchair lupra ┐
trūaigi for Conall,
ZCP i 103
.
do thuit úathbás dorchaduis
mhóir air,
Gen. xv 12
.
do thuitsedar taisi ┐ tāimnēlla bāis
air,
CF 341
.
bedidh leth-lān ngell dotuit for cāch,
Laws ii 136
.
athgabail fir for a tuit rōi on whom falls the obligation of
fighting a duel-ordeal (?),
i 194
. do thuit trom na creach do
chur don champa . . . air it fell to his lot to send . . .,
Rel. Celt.
ii 196
.
(h)
falls, lapses, is forfeited or lost: (deut. forms given here
could also be referred to 2 do-tuit), in Laws oft.
with ó of loser: dotuitet cáire sheep are forfeited,
O'Dav. 738
.
ba de dochear magh Midhe,
AU 516
(poem). taethais do
ferann ar do anacul thy land shall be lost,
ZCP v 524
(= tartais
thou hast given,
Ériu xii 146
). co roícthur in cethruime
dorochair isin fes which was forfeited for the feeding,
Laws i
224 Comm.
is uada tuitit na ba he forfeits the cows,
104
.
dofuit athgabail (.i. dotuit athgabail ōn fir is cintuch),
ii 18
.
dorochair a cuitigh bunaid uaithe she forfeited her original
share,
396 Comm.
o docerr Aimairgin (.i. o dorochuir a raith
a baile o A.),
v 348
. atait a secht a tuit a eneclann ō cach
seven things that deprive everyone of his honour-price,
368
.
(i) In impers. constr. in phrase do-tuit limm fair = that is
my wish, object: is fair dofuit lemm-sa, ni reg-sa assin . . .,
Trip.² 1293
=
is fair d.¤ liúm-sa connā rag . . .,
Anecd. iii 36
.
(j) Impers. forms in various senses: huare nád tuiter essib
hi tuisliu aili there is no falling from them into other cases,
Sg.
71a13
. cia thoiter do thentib ┐ grīsaib fair, ni fes tes ind
though fires and embers fall upon it,
Ériu ii 114
. Later as
pass.:
torcrad Mide dia n-echaib the men of M. were unhorsed,
Ériu v 238
. gur torcrádh mac rígh na hE. gona mhuintir leo
was slain by them,
CF Eg. 306
. ar chuid Néill docearadh le
cúngcasaibh who fell in course of victories,
Ó Bruad. i 204
.
na
trí Findemnai . . . docertha iar ngliaidh glain | hi cath criaid
fria n-athair,
Lec. 52b23
.