follus
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom fo- (“under-”) + solus (“bright, clear”).[1] For ṡl > ll compare coll (“hazel”), fuillechtae (past participle of fo·slig (“to smear”)).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfollus (superlative faillsem)
- clear, evident
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 32a2
- Arimp follus et ara·ngaba cách desimrecht de.
- So that it may be clear and that everyone may take example from it.
- 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. 74d7
- Is follus rund·gabsat t'erchoilti-siu indiumsa isindí arndam·roichlis-se hua bás.
- It is clear that Your determinations are in me, in that You have guarded me from death.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 59a11
- Is follus inna n-inni-som inne inna n-anmmann húa·taat.
- Apparent in their meaning is the meaning of the nouns from which they are [derived].
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 32a2
Inflection
editu-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | follus | follus | follus |
Vocative | follus | ||
Accusative | follus | follais | |
Genitive | follais | foilse | follais |
Dative | follus | follais | follus |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | foilsi | foilsi | |
Vocative | foilsi | ||
Accusative | foilsi | ||
Genitive | * | ||
Dative | foilsib | ||
Notes | *not attested in Old Irish; same as nominative singular masculine in Middle Irish |
Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
follus | ḟollus | follus pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 358, page 227
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “follus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language