focren

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸokʷrinati (from *uɸo- + *kʷrinati); compare Welsh gobryn (“to deserve”) (and gobr (“reward, payment”, noun) from a corresponding noun form). By surface analysis, fo- +‎ crenaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸoˈkren]

Verb

fo·cren (verbal noun fochricc)

1. to buy, to purchase
2. to hire

Inflection

Complex, class B IV present, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Imperfect indicative	Deut.
	Prot.
Preterite	Deut.
	Prot.
Perfect	Deut.
	Prot.
Future	Deut.
	Prot.
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.							fo·crethther
	Prot.
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Imperative
Verbal noun		fochricc, fochraic
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “focren”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 497