fuirec
Old Irish
Etymology
From fo- + ro- + -ec. This verbal noun has greatly drifted semantically from its related verb fo·ricc (“to find, come across”).
Noun
fuirec n
- something provided for an occasion
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fuirecN | fuirecN | fuirecL, fuircea |
| vocative | fuirecN | fuirecN | fuirecL, fuircea |
| accusative | fuirecN | fuirecN | fuirecL, fuircea |
| genitive | fuiricL | fuirec | fuirecN |
| dative | fuirecL | fuircib | fuircib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| fuirec | ḟuirec | fuirec pronounced with /β̃-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuirec”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language