gúforcell
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom gú- (“false”) + forcell (“testimony”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgúḟorcell n
- false testimony
- 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. 13b15
- Is gúḟorcell do·beram do Día amal ṡodin.
- It is false testimony that we give to God in that case.
- 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. 13b15
Inflection
editNeuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | gúforcellN | — | — |
Vocative | gúforcellN | — | — |
Accusative | gúforcellN | — | — |
Genitive | gúḟorcillL | — | — |
Dative | gúḟorciullL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
gúḟorcell | gúḟorcell pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngúḟorcell |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |