fochlae

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *uɸokliyom (“north”), a derivative of *kliyos (“left”) (whence clé (“left”), hence synchronically analyzable as fo- +‎ clé). Cognate with Welsh gogledd (“north”). In Matasović's words, "the development from ‘left’ to ‘north’ lies in the fact that the north is on the left side when one is facing the east (the rising sun)."^[1]

Noun edit

fochlae n (genitive fochlai)

the north (especially of Ireland)
Antonym: faitse
seat of honor

Inflection edit

Neuter io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fochlae^N	fochlae^L	fochlae^L
Vocative	fochlae^N	fochlae^L	fochlae^L
Accusative	fochlae^N	fochlae^L	fochlae^L
Genitive	fochlai^L	fochlae^L	fochlae^N
Dative	fochlu^L	fochlaib	fochlaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

Middle Irish: fochla

Mutation edit

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

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović‎^[1], Zagreb, page 41