Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From for- +‎ canaid.

Pronunciation edit

Deuterotonic:

Prototonic:

Verb edit

for·cain (prototonic ·forcain, verbal noun forcital)

  1. to teach, to instruct
    • 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. 29a12
      indhí pridchite et for·chanat bréthir Dǽ
      those who preach and teach God’s word
    • 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. 114b11
      in popul for·cechnae-siu
      the people whom you sg will instruct

Inflection edit

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit