Old Irish

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Etymology

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From for- +‎ aith- +‎ ·muinethar; but in the relative and when an infixed pronoun is used, it behaves as if it were fo- + ro- + ·muinethar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɸorˈaθʲmʲinʲeðar]

Verb

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for·aithminedar (verbal noun foraithmet)

  1. to remember
    • 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. 25c5
      Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.
      It is made clear that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it

Conjugation

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Mutation

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

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