Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fortachtaigid, from Old Irish fortachtaigidir (helps, succours). By surface analysis, fortacht (relief) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix).

Verb

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fortachtaigh (present analytic fortachtaíonn, future analytic fortachtóidh, verbal noun fortacht, past participle fortachtaithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of fortaigh (aid, succour; relieve, comfort)

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fortachtaigh fhortachtaigh bhfortachtaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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