"-ad" meaning in Old Irish

See -ad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -ed [alternative], -ud [alternative, often]
Etymology: From the various thematic vowels of verb stems plus Proto-Celtic *-tus, i.e. from *-atus, *-ātus, *-etus, and *-ītus. Etymology templates: {{der|sga|cel-pro|*-tus}} Proto-Celtic *-tus Head templates: {{head|sga|suffix|forms the genitive singular in <i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="sga">-(a)tho</i>|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=m}} -ad m (forms the genitive singular in -(a)tho)
  1. suffix forming verbal nouns Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ad-sga-suffix-17f7R~O2 Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 1 9 2 6 6 10 26 7 2 2 6 15 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 1 6 1 5 5 8 23 2 11 2 5 1 3 2 1 5 13 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 4 1 5 6 8 26 1 12 1 5 1 2 1 1 6 14 7 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 44 8 23 7 12 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -ed [alternative], -ud [alternative, often]
Etymology: From the various thematic vowels of verb stems plus Proto-Celtic *-to, i.e. from *-ato, *-āto, *-eto, and *-īto. Etymology templates: {{der|sga|cel-pro|*-to}} Proto-Celtic *-to Head templates: {{head|sga|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes}} -ad
  1. suffix forming the third-person singular imperative form Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ad-sga-suffix-jmfcrfeo
  2. suffix forming the third-person singular imperfect indicative form Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ad-sga-suffix-KhNb7sZY
  3. suffix forming the third-person singular past subjunctive form Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ad-sga-suffix-u5joIosR
  4. suffix forming the third-person singular conditional form of reduplicated and ē-future stems Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ad-sga-suffix-TswY1Qja
  5. suffix forming the singular passive conjunct preterite form of s-preterite stems Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ad-sga-suffix-tpUjW9ML
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: forms the genitive singular in -(a)tho",
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    "-ad"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-ad",
  "trace": ""
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