Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fortaigid, furtaigid (helps, succours), a late form of Old Irish for·tét (the verbal noun of which is fortacht).

Verb

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fortaigh (present analytic fortaíonn, future analytic fortóidh, verbal noun fortacht, past participle fortaithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) aid, succour; relieve, comfort

Conjugation

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  • Alternative verbal noun: fortú

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fortaigh fhortaigh bhfortaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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