Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish feraid, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to heed).[1]

Verb

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feraid (conjunct ·fera, verbal noun ferthain)

  1. to grant
  2. to supply, to provide
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
      Ro·ferad failte friu uile, ocus ructha chuci-sium isin mbruidin.
      They were all made welcome and brought to him in the hall.
      (literally, “A welcome was provided to them all…”)

Inflection

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  • Passive singular perfect deuterotonic: ro·ferad

Descendants

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  • Irish: fear (to grant)

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
feraid ḟeraid feraid
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 517–18

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Pedersen connects it with Old High German (gi)werēn (modern German gewähren), which is from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to heed).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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feraid (conjunct ·fera)

  1. to grant
  2. to supply, to provide
    ferais fáilte friswelcomed him (literally, “provided a welcome to him”)
  3. to pour, to shower, to shed (precipitation)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 517–18

Further reading

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