formuinethar

Old Irish

Etymology

for- +‎ moinethar, from Proto-Celtic *manyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, mind”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (mainomai, “be mad”) and Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate, “think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /forˈmunʲeθar/

Verb

for·muinethar (verbal noun format)

1. to envy
   • circa 8th or 9th century, Codex Laurentinus, Plut. XLV, Cod. 14, s. X, folio 6b, glossing Virgil's Eclogues 3:103:

     fascinat .i. far·muinethar

     fascinat i.e. envies

   • circa 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 19^d27, (glossing aemulantur vobis at Galatians 4:17)

     .i. nob·éttigetar .i. seodoapostoli .i. fordob·moinetar, ní ar bar seirc

     i.e. they are jealous of you i.e. the pseudo-apostles i.e. they envy you, it is not for love of you

   • circa 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, Ml. 17^b16, (glossing invidentes)

     a for·ménatar

     when they envied

Conjugation

Conjugation

Finite forms

	1st sing.		2d sing.		3d sing.		Passive sing.
	1st pl.		2d pl.		3d pl.		Passive pl.
Present					far·muinethar
						for·moinetar
Imperfect
Preterite
						for·ménatar
Perfect
Future
Conditional
Present subjunctive
Past subjunctive
Imperative
Note: only forms actually attested in Old Irish are listed here.

Verbal noun

format

Past participle

Verbal of necessity