fogní

See also: fogni

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸogniyeti. By surface analysis, fo- +‎ gníid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸoˈɡʲnʲiː]

Verb

fo·gní (verbal noun fognam)

  1. to serve [with accusative or do]

Conjugation

Complex, class A III present, reduplicated s preterite, é future, e subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. fo·gní fo·gniat fo·gníther fo·gníter
prot. ·fognat
imperfect indicative deut.
prot. ·fognad
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. fo·ruigéni fo·ruigénsid fo·ruigénsat
prot. ·forgéni ·forgénsam
future deut. fu·gén fo·géna
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut. fo·gnem fo·gneith
prot. ·fogna
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative fognad fognid
verbal noun fognam, fognad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Quotations

  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 44c9
    Inna n-ascad .i. inna námat són as·berat bid cobuir dó in Día [dïa] forgéni ⁊ hi ru·frescachae. Híróin són immurgu.
    Of the rivals, that is to say of the enemies who say that the God whom he served, and in whom he hoped, will be a help to him. That is irony however.

Derived terms

  • ar·fogni
  • fognamaid
  • fognamthid
  • imm·fogni

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: fognaid

Mutation

Mutation of fo·gní
radical lenition nasalization
fo·gní fo·gní
pronounced with /ɣʲ-/
fo·ngní

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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