forfen
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
for- + Proto-Celtic *winati (“enclose”); the Old Irish simplex *fenaid is unattested.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
for·fen (verbal noun forbae)
Inflection edit
Complex, class B IV present, reduplicated preterite, a subjunctive
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Deut. | for·fiun | for·fen | for·fenar | |||||
| Prot. | ·farbanar | ||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Preterite | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | for·ruchui | far·cuadh (normalized for·cúad) | ||||||
| Prot. | ·forchui | ||||||||
| Future | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Conditional | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Deut. | for·fiat | |||||||
| Prot. | ·farfia | ||||||||
| Past subjunctive | Deut. | ||||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Imperative | |||||||||
| Verbal noun | forbae | ||||||||
| Past participle | foirbthe | ||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| for·fen | for·ḟen | for·fen pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “forfen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language