Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Goidelic *woh(a)ɣeθih, from Proto-Celtic *uɸosagetis, verbal noun of *uɸo-sagyeti (whence fo·saig).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fochid f (genitive fochatho, nominative plural fochidi)

  1. verbal noun of fo·saig
  2. testing, trying
  3. (frequently in the plural) tribulation, trouble, sorrow, suffering

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fochid.

Declension edit

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fochid, fochith, fochaid fochidL, fochith, fochaid fochidiH, fochaidiH
Vocative fochid, fochith, fochaid fochidL, fochith, fochaid fochidiH, fochaidiH
Accusative fochidN, fochith, fochaid fochidL, fochith, fochaid fochidiH, fochaidiH
Genitive fochodoH, fochodaH, fochatho, focheda, fothodo fochodoH, fochodaH, fochatho, focheda, fothodo fochideN, fochaideN
Dative fochidL, fochith, fochaid, fochuid fochidib fochidib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Irish: fochaidh

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit