forrorbris
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From *for·bris (third-person singular preterite) with ro- (perfective prefix) inserted into the prefix for-, a phenomenon occasionally attested.[1] The rr is spelled double to show that it is not lenited, as the form is found in a nasalizing relative clause, a context in which r remains fortis.
Alternatively, from *for-ro-ro-bris with irregular duplication of the prefix ro-[2] and phonologically regular syncope of the third syllable; in this case it would more accurately be written for·rorbris.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fo·rrorbris
- third-person singular perfect deuterotonic of for·brissi
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 67b24
- Inna c{h}enél fo·rrorbris, fos·roammámigestar dïa molad ⁊ dïa adrad.
- The peoples whom he has routed, he has subjugated them to his praise and to his worship.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 67b24
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fo·rorbris also fo·rrorbris |
fo·rorbris pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 529, page 341
- ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 250