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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Old Tigal had a verb system with complex alternations, almost comparable to that of Old Irish: | Old Tigal had a verb system with complex alternations, almost comparable to that of Old Irish: | ||
*Thn. ''molyn'' 'I thank' > OTig ''molan''; Thn. ''tir molyn'' 'I do not thank' > OTig ''tí·mlun'' | *Thn. ''molyn'' 'I thank' > OTig ''molan'' (prototonic); Thn. ''tir molyn'' 'I do not thank' > OTig ''tí·mlun'' (deuterotonic) | ||
*Cf. | *Cf. Thn. ''armolyn'' 'I pursue' > '' ar·mlun'' (deuterotonic); Thn. ''tir armolyn'' 'I do not pursue' > OTig ''tír·mol'' (prototonic | ||
*Thn. ''duchtym'' 'he builds' > OTig ''duchdamh'' Thn. ''tir duchtym'' 'he does not build' > OTig ''tý·dchdumh'' (Note the u-umlaut of the negative particle ''tí'' here) | *Thn. ''duchtym'' 'he builds' > OTig ''duchdamh'' Thn. ''tir duchtym'' 'he does not build' > OTig ''tý·dchdumh'' (Note the u-umlaut of the negative particle ''tí'' here) | ||