Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *uɸokʷrinati (from *uɸo- + *kʷrinati); compare Welsh gobryn (to deserve) (and gobr (reward, payment, noun) from a corresponding noun form). By surface analysis, fo- +‎ crenaid.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

fo·cren (verbal noun fochricc)

  1. to buy, to purchase
  2. to hire

Inflection edit

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fo·cren fo·chren fo·cren
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit