Old Irish

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Etymology

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From fo- +‎ ad- +‎ mám (yoke) +‎ -igidir. Calque of Latin subiugō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɸoˈhamaːmɨɣeðar]

Verb

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fo·ammámaigedar (verbal noun foammámugud)

  1. to subjugate
    • 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.

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fo·ammámaigedar
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged fo·n-ammámaigedar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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