Old Irish

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Etymology

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From ar- +‎ fo- +‎ Proto-Celtic *emeti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [arˈɸoːi̯β̃ʲ]

Verb

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ar·foím (conjunct ·eroím)

  1. to accept, to receive
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6d14
      Ar is dó arroi·éit-sa gratiam do precept do chách.
      For it is for it that I have received grace, to preach to every one.
  2. to accept, to agree

Inflection

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Mutation

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

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