fortacht
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish fortacht, verbal noun of for·tét (“to help”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸortixtā.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fortacht f (genitive singular fortachta)
Declension edit
Declension of fortacht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fortacht | fhortacht | bhfortacht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fortacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fortacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *uɸortixtā. By surface analysis, for- + techt.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fortacht f (genitive fortachtae or fortachtan)
- verbal noun of for·tét
- help, aid
- 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. 14d17
- coní·árim-se peccad libsi uili, ꝉ ara·tart-sa fortacht dúibsi, arnap trom fuirib for n‑oínur
- so that I may not count sin with you all, or so that I may give aid to you lest it be heavy on you by yourselves
- 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. 14d17
Declension edit
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fortachtL | — | — |
Vocative | fortachtL | — | — |
Accusative | fortachtN | — | — |
Genitive | fortachtaeH | — | — |
Dative | fortachtL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Feminine n-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fortacht | — | — |
Vocative | fortacht | — | — |
Accusative | fortachtainN | — | — |
Genitive | fortachton, fortachtan | — | — |
Dative | fortachtainL, fortachtL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fortacht | ḟortacht | fortacht 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), “fortacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language