Old Irish (was Re: infixes (was Re: what does -il- do (when it exists)))

Elliott Lash wrote:
>
> Infixing occurs all over the place in Classical Old
> Irish before 1000AD)
>
> example:
>
>    1) Object Pronouns:
>            forgaib "he seizes"   /forgav'/
>            fortngaib "he seizes him"   /fordNav'/
>
>            fobotha "it disturbs"  /foboTa/
>            fombotha "it disturbs me" /fomvoTa/
>
>      (with lots of consonant mutations)
>
>    2) Aspectual Morphemes:
>            dogni: "he does"
>            dorigni "he has done"
>
>  stuff like this is all over Old Irish, makes it very
> very crazy. and great.

Speaking of which, can anyone direct me to any books on
Old Irish?

Thanks,
Ph. D.

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