forfen

Old Irish

Etymology

for- +‎ Proto-Celtic *winati (“enclose”); the Old Irish simplex *fenaid is unattested.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸorˈɸʲen]

Verb

for·fen (verbal noun forbae)

1. to finish, to complete
2. to fulfill, to achieve

Inflection

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

• ar·fen

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forfen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language