Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros

From Proto-Celtic *weskʷeros (compare Middle Welsh ucher),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (compare Latin vesper and Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos)).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fescor m

  1. evening, eventide, vespers
  2. (figuratively) end, decline, wane

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fescor
Vocative fescuir
Accusative fescorN
Genitive fescuirL
Dative fescorL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Irish: feascar
  • Manx: fastyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: feasgar

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fescor ḟescor fescor
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*weskʷero-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 416

Further reading edit