follus

Old Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under-”) +‎ solus (“bright, clear”).[1] For ṡl > ll compare coll (“hazel”), fuillechtae (past participle of fo·slig (“to smear”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɸol͈us]

Adjective

follus (superlative faillsem)

  1. clear, evident

For quotations using this term, see Citations:follus.

Inflection

u-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative follus follus follus
vocative follus
accusative follus follais
genitive follais foilse follais
dative follus follais follus
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative foilsi foilsi
vocative foilsi
accusative foilsi
genitive *
dative foilsib

*not attested in Old Irish; same as nominative singular masculine in Middle Irish

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: follus

Mutation

Mutation of follus
radical lenition nasalization
follus ḟollus follus
pronounced with /β̃-/

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

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 358, page 227; reprinted 2017

Further reading

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