Old Irish

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Etymology

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From for- +‎ con·oí.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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for·comai (prototonic ·forcmi)

  1. to preserve
    • 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. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
      Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
      Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.

Conjugation

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Complex, class A III present, s preterite, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. forta·comai (with infixed pronoun da-); fort·chomi (with infixed pronoun t-) for·comam for·comat fordom·chomaither (with infixed pronoun dom-)
prot. ·forcmi ·forcmat ·forcmaidder
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot. ·forcmastar
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot. ·forcmaid
past subjunctive deut.
prot. ·forcmatis
imperative forcmad
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: forcmaid

Mutation

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Mutation of forcomai
radical lenition nasalization
for·comai for·chomai for·comai
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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